Answer: The number of fluorine atoms that combine with one uranium atom are 6.
Explanation:
We are given an unknown gas of uranium and fluorine atom and when it is decomposed, it produces 2.09 parts of uranium atoms for every 1 part of fluorine atom.
Relative mass of Uranium = 238 g
Relative mass of Fluorine = 19 g
Number of atoms of uranium present in a given relative mass = [tex]\frac{2.09}{238}=0.0087atoms[/tex]
Number of atoms of fluorine present in given relative mass = [tex]\frac{1}{19}=0.052atoms[/tex]
For 0.0087 atoms of uranium are produced when 0.05 atoms of fluorine are produced.
So, 1 atom of uranium are produced when = [tex]\frac{0.052}{0.0087}\times 1=5.97\approx 6[/tex] atoms of Fluorine atoms.
Hence, 6 atoms of fluorine atoms are produced when 1 uranium atom is produced.
