{"id":38829,"date":"2025-06-26T13:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=38829"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:25:53","slug":"how-many-moles-of-sulfur-dioxide-so2-are-present-in-1-52-grams-of-this-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/how-many-moles-of-sulfur-dioxide-so2-are-present-in-1-52-grams-of-this-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"How many moles of sulfur dioxide (SO2) are present in 1.52 grams of this compound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How many moles of sulfur dioxide (SO2) are present in 1.52 grams of this compound?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the number of moles of sulfur dioxide (SO\u2082) in 1.52 grams of the compound, start by calculating its molar mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulfur dioxide (SO\u2082) is composed of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 sulfur atom = 32.07 grams\/mole<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 oxygen atoms = 2 \u00d7 16.00 = 32.00 grams\/mole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding these gives the molar mass of SO\u2082:<br>32.07 + 32.00 = <strong>64.07 grams\/mole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now use the formula for moles: Moles=MassMolar&nbsp;Mass=1.52&nbsp;grams64.07&nbsp;grams\/mole\u22480.0237&nbsp;moles\\text{Moles} = \\frac{\\text{Mass}}{\\text{Molar Mass}} = \\frac{1.52 \\text{ grams}}{64.07 \\text{ grams\/mole}} \\approx 0.0237 \\text{ moles}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: 0.0237 moles of sulfur dioxide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A mole is a standard scientific unit for measuring the amount of a substance. One mole of any substance contains Avogadro\u2019s number of particles, approximately 6.022\u00d710236.022 \\times 10^{23}. To convert a given mass of a substance into moles, divide the mass by the molar mass of the compound. Molar mass is the total mass of all atoms in one mole of a compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulfur dioxide consists of one sulfur atom and two oxygen atoms. The atomic masses used for sulfur and oxygen are based on the periodic table values. Summing them gives the compound\u2019s molar mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the molar mass is known, dividing the given mass (1.52 grams) by this value gives the number of moles. The result, 0.0237 moles, tells how many moles of SO\u2082 are present in the sample. This conversion is useful in chemical reactions and stoichiometry where quantities must be compared in terms of moles rather than grams to ensure balanced chemical equations and accurate reaction predictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many moles of sulfur dioxide (SO2) are present in 1.52 grams of this compound? The correct answer and explanation is: To determine the number of moles of sulfur dioxide (SO\u2082) in 1.52 grams of the compound, start by calculating its molar mass. Sulfur dioxide (SO\u2082) is composed of: Adding these gives the molar mass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38832,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829\/revisions\/38832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}