Engineering
Chemistry
Mole and Its Calculation
Adsorption
Question

10 mL of 1mM surfactant solution forms a monolayer covering 0.24 cm2 on a polar substrate. If the polar head is approximated as a cube, what is its edge length?

2.0 nm

2.0 pm

0.1 nm

1.0 pm

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Solution

Moles=MVml1000=10−3×101000=10−5mole

10–5 NA molecules covering area = 0.24 cm2

1--------=0.2410−5NAcm2

0.2410−5×6×1023=a2

a2 = 4 × 10–20 cm2

a = 2 × 10–10 cm

a = 2 × 10–12 m

a = 2 pm