A chemist adds 215.0mL of a 6.0x10^−5/mmolL mercury(II) iodide HgI2 solution to a reaction flask. Calculate the micromoles of mercury(II) iodide the chemist has added to the flask. Round your answer to 2 significant digits.

The micromoles of mercury(II) iodide : 0.013 μ moles

Given

215.0mL of a 6.0x10⁻⁵mmol/L HgI₂

Required

micromoles of HgI₂

Solution

Molarity(M) = moles of solute per liters of solution

Can be formulated :

M = n : V

n = moles

V = volume of solution

V = 215 mL = 0.215 L

so moles of solution :

n = M x V

n = 6.10 mmol/L x 0.215 L

n = 1.312 . 10⁻⁵ mmol

mmol = 10³ micromol

so 1.312 mmol = 1.312.10⁻⁵ x 10³ = 0.01312 micromoles ⇒ 2 sif fig = 0.013 μ moles

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.