How many moles of sulfur are in 80 grams of sulfur?

1 Answer
Aug 7, 2016

About 2.5 moles

Explanation:

Number of moles = MassMolar mass

= 80g32.06gmol1 = ??mol

Note that sulfur likely exists in its elemental state as S8. I am perfectly justified in treating sulfur as S. The number of sulfur atoms is the same in each case.