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calculate the formula mass for:
- ammonium phosphate

please explain to me how i can work this out

2007-02-11 22:52:50 · 5 answers · asked by yassem1ne 2 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

5 answers

I used to have a problem with these qs!

If you're talkng about relative formula mass...If you have the chemical formula of ammonium phosphate, look up the mass number (number of protons and neutrons) of each element in the periodic table, and add them together. I'm not going to do it for you!

If there are two or more atoms of an element, eg H2, then you multiply the mass number of that element by however many atoms there are.

Hope I answered your question! :)

2007-02-11 23:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by lottie 2 · 0 0

First of all, you should know that ammonium phosphate is (NH4)3PO4. (The numbers should be smaller.)

Then grab a periodic table. You might notice that each element has a strange number in its box. That's the atomic mass of that element. All you do is add up the masses for your substance and you'll have your molar mass.

I don't have a periodic table with me right now, but I'll tell you what you need to do. You have 3 NH4s, so you'll have to find the mass of N three times combined and H 12 times combined. Then you add that to the mass of one P and the mass of 4 Os combined. Add all this together, and you'll have your answer: 149.12g/mol

2007-02-11 23:06:44 · answer #2 · answered by Cole 2 · 0 0

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2016-11-27 03:28:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The formula for ammonium phosphate is (NH4)3PO4

So, in getting the formula mass. . .
N=14.01*3=42.03
H=1.01*3*4=12.12
P=30.97
O=16.00*4=64.00
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149.12u

-It's just as simple as that!

2007-02-11 23:06:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

(NH4)3 PO4
mass=149gms=1mole

2007-02-11 23:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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