If #"12.0 g"# of benzene is mixed with #"38.0 g"# of #"CCl"_4#, what is the molality?
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Explanation:
A solution's molality tells you how many moles of solute you get per kilogram of solvent.
#color(blue)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)"molality" = "moles of solute"/"kilogram of solvent"color(white)(a/a)|)))#
In your case, benzene,
The first thing to do here is use benzene's molar mass to determine how many moles you have in that
#12.0 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g"))) * ("1 mole C"_6"H"_6)/(78.112 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g")))) = "0.1536 moles C"_6"H"_6#
The next thing to do here is convert the mass of the solvent from grams to kilograms by using
#color(purple)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)color(black)("1 kg" = 10^3"g")color(white)(a/a)|)))#
You will have
#38.0 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g"))) * "1 kg"/(10^3color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g")))) = 38.0 * 10^(-3)"kg"#
The molality of the solution will thus be
#b = "0.1536 moles"/(38.0 * 10^(-3)"kg") = color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)"4.04 mol kg"^(-1)color(white)(a/a)|)))#
The answer is rounded to three sig figs.