2.55×1024 titanium atoms are cast into a cube that has a mass of 202.5g. If the density of titanium metal is ρ=4.60gcm3, what is the edge length of the cube?

1 Answer
Sep 22, 2016

The length of the metal cube = 345.0cm3 = ??cm

Explanation:

If there are 2.55×1024 titanium atoms, there are 2.55×10246.022×1023mol1 = 4.23mol titanium atoms.

And this has a mass of 4.23mol×47.87gmol1 = 202.5g.

Now we have a cube that has a mass of 202.5g. But we know its density, which you have kindly provided, ρ = 4.50gcm3.

ρ = MassVolume. Thus Volume = Massρ = 202.5g4.50gcm3 = 45.0cm3

And thus the side-length of the metal cube = 345.0cm3 = ??cm 3.5cm

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