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Use periodic table to calculate the relative formula mass of magnesium nitrate-6-water, MgNO32.6H2O

Important Questions on Atoms, Molecules and Stoichiometry

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AS and A Level
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Look at the mass spectrum of germanium, Ge 

Write isotopic formula for the heaviest isotope of germanium.

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AS and A Level
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Look at the mass spectrum of germanium, Ge.

Use the % abundance of each isotope to calculate the relative atomic mass of germanium.

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AS and A Level
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Look at the mass spectrum of ethanol, C2H5OH. A structural isomer of ethanol is methoxy methane, an ether with the formula CH3OCH3.

Predict the mass-to-charge ratio of a fragment that would appear on the mass spectrum of methoxy methane but does not appear on methanol's mass spectrum.

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AS and A Level
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Look at the mass spectrum of ethanol, C2H5OH. A structural isomer of ethanol is methoxy methane, an ether with the formula CH3OCH3.

Predict and give the name of the fragment that would appear on the mass spectrum of methoxy methane but does not appear on methanol's mass spectrum.

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AS and A Level
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Look at the mass spectrum of ethanoic acid.

Identify the fragment with mass-to-charge ratio of 15.

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A hydrocarbon has molecular ion peak at mass-to-charge ratio of 84 (relative abundance 62%) and an M+1 peak with a relative abundance of 4.1%.

How many carbon atoms are in the hydrocarbon?

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List the ions responsible for the MM+2 and M+4 peaks in the mass spectrum of dibromomethane.
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What would be the mass-to-charge ratio and relative abundances of the major peaks with the highest charge-to mass ratios in the mass spectrum of chloroethane?