JEE Advanced levelNumerical answerDifficulty 3 of 3rx048
Peroxodisulfuric acid HX2SX2OX8 has one O-O bond. How many moles of oxygen atoms with oxidation number −1 are present in 19.4g of it? (H 1, S 32, O 16.) Give two decimal places.
Numerical answer type, answer in mol, tolerance 0.005.
Answer: 0.2 mol
Molar mass =2(1)+2(32)+8(16)=194g/mol. Moles of acid =19.4/194=0.100. Each molecule has 2 peroxide O atoms, so the moles of −1 oxygen =0.100×2=0.200.