If you make a solution by adding 5.0 moles of sodium hydroxide to 25.0 moles of water, what is the mole fraction of sodium hydroxide in this solution?

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Answer:

[tex]\large \boxed{0.167}[/tex]

Explanation:

The mole fraction (χ) is  the number of moles of a component divided by the total number of moles in a mixture.  

[tex]\chi = \dfrac{\text{Moles of component}}{\text{ Total moles}}[/tex]

Let water = Component 1 and NaOH = component 2.

1. Calculate the total moles.

n₁ = 25.0 mol

n₂ = 5.0 mol

[tex]\begin{array}{rcl}n_{\text{tot} & = & 25.0 + 5.0\\& = & 30.0\\\end{array}[/tex]

2. Calculate the mole fraction of NaOH

[tex]\begin{array}{rcl}\chi_{2} & = &\dfrac{n_{2}}{n_{\text{tot}}}\\\\& = & \dfrac{5.0}{30.0}\\\\& = & \mathbf{0.167}\\\end{array}\\\text{The mole fraction of NaOH is $\large \boxed{\mathbf{0.167}}$}[/tex]

The mole fraction of sodium hydroxide will be 0.167.

What is mole fraction?

The quantity of a particular element in the solution divided mostly by an overall fraction of moles with in sample solution often known as the mole fraction.

Formula of mole fraction is shown as:

Mole fraction = Moles of component / total moles

Given data:

[tex]n_{1} = 25 mol[/tex]

[tex]n_{2} = 5 mol[/tex]

Calculation of mole fraction

Total moles = [tex]n_{1} + n_{2} = 25 + 5 = 30 mol[/tex]

Now, put the values of given data in above equation

[tex]x_{2} = n_{2} / m_{total} \\x_{2} = 5/30\\x_{2} = 0.167[/tex]

Therefore, the mole fraction of NaOH will be 0.167.

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