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Calculate the atomic percent of tungsten in an alloy prepared with 56 grams of tungsten and 48 grams of aluminum. The atomic mass of tungsten is 183.85 g/mol and aluminum is 26.98 g/mol.
Given mass of aluminium , mAl =48 g
Mass of tungsten , mW = 56 g
Total mass , M = mAl + mW = 48+56 = 104 g
Number of moles of Al , nAl = mAl / atomic mass of Al
= 48 g / 26.98 (g/mol)
= 1.78 mol
Number of moles of W , nW = mW / atomic mass of W
= 56 g / 183.85 (g/mol)
= 0.304 mol
Total number of moles , N = nAl + nW = 1.78+0.304 = 2.084
So atomic percent of tungsten = (nW / N )x100
= (0.304/2.084)x100
= 14.6 %