Question #a348e

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Nov 2, 2017

9.0221023 atoms

Explanation:

As you can infer from the formula, one Na2CO3 molecule contains 2 atoms of sodium, 1 atom of carbon, and 3 molecules of oxygen. You can use this as a conversion factor, therefore, to infer that for every mole of Na2CO3 you have, you will have 3 moles of oxygen.

However, you don't have 1 mol of Na2CO3, you have 0.5. However, this is easily remedied using a simple conversion factor:

0.5 mol Na2CO33 mol oxygen1molNa2CO3=1.5mol oxygen

However, we're not done yet! We have 1.5 moles of oxygen, not atoms. However, we do know that 1 mole=6.0221023 atoms. Hence, we can use that as another conversion factor:

1.5 mol oxygen6.0221023 atoms of oxygen1 mol oxygen

This leaves 9.0221023 atoms of oxygen.

If you need more help on converting between moles and atoms and mass, here's some useful resources:

Handy Graphic:

![https://helpwithmoleconversions.wikispaces.com/Particles+-+Moles+-+Mass](useruploads.socratic.org)

Really useful video:

Hope that helped :)