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. A sample of ethane (C2H6) gas has the same mass as 1.5 ×1020 molecules of methane (CH4). How many C2H6 molecules does the sample of gas contain?

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. A sample of ethane (C2H6) gas has the same mass as 1.5 ×1020 molecules of methane (CH4). How many C2H6 molecules does the sample of gas contain?

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Molar mass of CH4 = 12 + 4

= 16 g mol−1 

1 mole of CH4 = 16g = 6.022 × 1023 molecules

Thus, 6.022 × 1023 molecules of CH4 have mass = 16g

∴ 1.5 × 1020 molecules of CH4 will have mass

= `16/(6.022 xx 10^23) xx 1.5 xx 10^20`

= 4 × 10−3  g

Molar mass of C2H6 = 2 × 12 + 6 

= 30 g mol−1

∴ 1 mole of C2H6 = 30g = 6.022 × 1023 molecules

Thus, 30g of C2H6 have molecules = 6.022 × 1023 

∴ 4 × 10−3 g of C2H6 will have molecules

= `(6.022 xx 10^23)/30 xx 4 xx 10^-3`

= 0.803 × 1020 

= 8.03 × 1019

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