You are given quantities of aluminum sulfate, Al_2(SO_4)_3, and sulfuric acid, H_2SO_4. If there are EQUAL numbers of SULFUR atoms with respect to each salt, what is the ratio of oxygen atoms...Al_2(SO_4)_3:H_2SO_4?

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anor277
Feb 1, 2016

If the number of sulfur atoms are EQUAL, then the ratio of oxygen atoms, (Al_2(SO_4)_3:H_2SO_4) = 1:1

Explanation:

It is given that both salts contain the same number of sulfur atoms. Thus we have Al_2S_3O_12, and necessarily 3 xx H_2SO_4. There are 3 "equiv" sulfuric acid per equiv aluminum sufate, and necessarily "12" "equiv" of O atoms in the acid. And (if I have been doing my sums correctly), the ratio of oxygens is 1:1.

This is a nasty question, which I suspect has been asked below A level.

PS You have just asked a bunch of questions. Do you think that you could spend some time formatting the questions properly? It makes interpreting the question a much easier proposition.

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