Input interpretation
vanadium silicide | molar mass
Result
Find the molar mass, M, for vanadium silicide: M = sum _iN_im_i Plan: • Write the chemical formula and gather atomic masses from the periodic table. • Determine values for N_i and m_i using these items. • Finally, compute the mass. Write the chemical formula: VSi_2 Use the chemical formula to count the number of atoms, N_i, for each element: | N_i Si (silicon) | 2 V (vanadium) | 1 Look up the atomic mass, m_i, in g·mol^(-1) for each element in the periodic table: | N_i | m_i/g·mol^(-1) Si (silicon) | 2 | 28.085 V (vanadium) | 1 | 50.9415 Multiply N_i by m_i to compute the mass for each element. Then sum those values to compute the molar mass, M: Answer: | | | N_i | m_i/g·mol^(-1) | mass/g·mol^(-1) Si (silicon) | 2 | 28.085 | 2 × 28.085 = 56.170 V (vanadium) | 1 | 50.9415 | 1 × 50.9415 = 50.9415 M = 56.170 g/mol + 50.9415 g/mol = 107.112 g/mol
Unit conversion
0.10711 kg/mol (kilograms per mole)
Comparisons
≈ ( 0.15 ≈ 1/7 ) × molar mass of fullerene ( ≈ 721 g/mol )
≈ 0.55 × molar mass of caffeine ( ≈ 194 g/mol )
≈ 1.8 × molar mass of sodium chloride ( ≈ 58 g/mol )
Corresponding quantities
Mass of a molecule m from m = M/N_A: | 1.8×10^-22 grams | 1.8×10^-25 kg (kilograms) | 107 u (unified atomic mass units) | 107 Da (daltons)
Relative molecular mass M_r from M_r = M_u/M: | 107