Alnico is a strongly magnetic alloy (solid mixture) of Co, Ni, Al and Fe. A 100.0 g sample of Alnico has 11.2g Al, 22.3g Ni, and 5.0g Co in it; the rest is Fe. How many moles of aluminum are there?
1 Answer
Explanation:
Divide each one by the smallest number of moles: cobalt at
Al =
Ni =
Co =
Fe=
Since Ni is
Al =
Ni =
Co =
Fe=
This gives us an empirical formula of
If we add up the Fe, Co, Ni, and Al in the empirical formula, we get