Aguraki Posted February 1, 2005 Report Posted February 1, 2005 Hello. I have this paper that gives me the following information and asks me to find the atomic mass for each isotope of iron. Red Iron-----56.782 grams--for--44.37% of the total sampleYellow Iron--54.765 grams--for--38.65% of the total sampleBlack Iron---53.108 grams--for--16.98% of the total sample If anyone has any insight into what I'm supposed to do in order to solve this, please post. Thanks in advance. Quote
Tim_Lou Posted February 1, 2005 Report Posted February 1, 2005 well, this problem looks kinda weird... can you clarify a bit?well, for what i know, red iron, you mean some type of iron ore? well, thats gotta be Fe2O3.black iron, hmm, probably Fe3O4, which is magnetic stone...yellow iron, i have no idea... maybe some sulfide..hmm, FeS2 ? :) the probelm still doesnt make sense to me, how do you calculate... atomic mass of isotope given such.... information. :) Quote
Tim_Lou Posted February 1, 2005 Report Posted February 1, 2005 wait, are you sure that you are suppose to find the atomic mass of iron isotopes?it makes more sense to calculate the mass of "iron element" in the whole sample. Quote
Aguraki Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Posted February 1, 2005 The names (Red, Yellow, Black Iron) are irrelevant as far as I can tell. They're just there for the sake of having names, that's all. I'm almost positive you're supposed to find the mass of each, but I could be wrong. I'm almost as confused as you are, so let's just forget about it. The assignment is due tomorrow but I'll just have to ask about it once I get to class. Thanks anyway. Cedars 1 Quote
Tim_Lou Posted February 2, 2005 Report Posted February 2, 2005 oh.... i probably misunderstood the question. :D whatever.... :hyper: Quote
C2H5OH Posted February 4, 2005 Report Posted February 4, 2005 Hello. I have this paper that gives me the following information and asks me to find the atomic mass for each isotope of iron. Red Iron-----56.782 grams--for--44.37% of the total sampleYellow Iron--54.765 grams--for--38.65% of the total sampleBlack Iron---53.108 grams--for--16.98% of the total sample If anyone has any insight into what I'm supposed to do in order to solve this, please post. Thanks in advance.That doesnt make sense... ;) Quote
UncleAl Posted March 3, 2005 Report Posted March 3, 2005 It is a horribly phrased question. Take the weighted average. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, isotope table.http://t2.lanl.gov/data/astro/molnix96/massd.html Quote
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