What mass in grams of iron(III) oxide contains 71.6 g ofiron? Iron(III) oxide is 69.94% iron by mass.
1 Answer
Explanation:
A substance's percent composition essentially tells you how many grams of each constituent element you get per
In this case, a percent composition of
You can thus use this known composition as a conversion factor to take you from mass of iron(III) oxide to mass of iron or vice versa.
Therefore, in order to have
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The answer is rounded to three sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the mass of iron.