A mixture of 10.0 g of Ne and 10.0 g Ar have a total pressure of 1.60 atm. What is the partial pressure of Ar

0.53 atm

Explanation:

First we have to obtain the number of moles of each gas.

Number of moles of Ne = 10g/20g/mol = 0.5 moles

Number of moles of Ar = 10 g/40 g/mol = 0.25 moles

Total number of moles = 0.5 moles + 0.25 moles = 0.75 moles

Partial pressure of Ar = number of moles of Ar/Total number of moles * total pressure

Partial pressure of Ar = 0.25 moles/ 0.75 moles * 1.60 atm

Partial pressure of Ar = 0.53 atm

part 1: the half-life of the element is 22 years.

part 2: it will take 132.02 year for the sample to decay from 308.0 g to 4.8125 g.

explanation:

part 1: there are two ways to determine the half life time.

first way: the half life time can be determined directly from its definition as it is the time required for the sample to decay to its half concentration.

from the data the initial concentration was 45.0 g and decayed to its half value (22.5 g) in 22.0 years.

second way: the radio active decay is considered first order reaction so we can use the laws of first order reactions.

k = (1/t) ln (a/a-x), where k is the rate constant of the reaction,

t is the time of the reaction

a is the initial concentration of the reactant

a-x is the remaining concentration at time (t)

a = 45.0 g the initial concentration at t = 0 year.

at t = 22 year, a-x = 22.5 g

then k = (1/22 year) ln (45.0 g/ 22.5 g) = 0.0315 year-1.

the half-life time (t1/2) = ln 2/ k = 0.693/ k =0.693/ 0.0315 = 22 years.

part 2:

using the same law k = (1/t) ln (a/a-x),

using the given data; a = 308.0 g and a-x = 4.8125 g and the calculated k from the part 1 (k = 0.0315 year-1)

t = (1/k) ln (a/a-x) = (1/0.0315) ln (308.0/ 4.8125) = 132.02 years

the answer is minerals.