If 43.7 g of iron is completely used to produce 62.5 g of iron (III) oxide, how many grams of oxygen are involved in the reaction?

Mass of Oxygen : 18.8 g

Reaction(balanced) :

4Fe + 3O₂ → 2Fe₂O₃

mass Fe = 43.7 g

mol Fe(MW= 55,845 g/mol) :

mol O₂ : mol Fe = 3 : 4, so mol O₂ :

Mass O₂(MW=32 g/mol) :

Or simply you can Conservation of mass, where the masses before and after the reaction are the same

mass reactants=mass products

mass iron+mass oxygen=mass  iron (III) oxide

43.7 g + mass oxygen=62.5 g

mass oxygen = 62.5 - 43.7 = 18.8 g

a mercury barometer is a device that uses the physical properties of mercury in a tube to measure barometric pressure. mercury barometers are used for : -

1. measurement of atmospheric pressure  

2. determining the altitude of a place

3. weather forecasting

4. calibration and checking of aneroid barometers

5. application in fluid mechanics

6. measurement of pressure in aircrafts

7. surface weather analysis

8. preparation of barographs

9. usage in physical sciences like physics, astronomy & chemistry

10. preparation of aircraft altimeters

characteristics of mercury barometer : -

1.used to define and measure atmospheric pressure.

2.on the average at sea level the column of mercury rises to a height of about 760 mm.

3.this quantity is equal to 1 atmosphere.

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