n Dalton’s time, it was observed that ammonia formed when nitrogen reacted with hydrogen. Today’s values show that 14 g of nitrogen react with 3 g of hydrogen.
a) If ammonia were formed from Dalton’s simplest formula of one atom of each element, what would he have concluded about the relative masses of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms?
b) Ammonia molecules are actually made from three atoms of hydrogen and one atom of nitrogen. If the 3 g of hydrogen reacting with 14 g of nitrogen is due to three times as many hydrogen atoms as there are nitrogen atoms, how many times more massive is a nitrogen a

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n Dalton’s time, it was observed that ammonia formed when nitrogen reacted with hydrogen. Today’s values show that 14 g of nitrogen react with 3 g of hydrogen.
a) If ammonia were formed from Dalton’s simplest formula of one atom of each element, what would he have concluded about the relative masses of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms?
b) Ammonia molecules are actually made from three atoms of hydrogen and one atom of nitrogen. If the 3 g of hydrogen reacting with 14 g of nitrogen is due to three times as many hydrogen atoms as there are nitrogen atoms, how many times more massive is a nitrogen a

anonymous · Answer

nitrogen atom than a hydrogen atom?

cuanchi · Answer

A) the ratio will be 14/3. So the conclusion would  has been the atom of N has a 14 amu mass and the atom of H 3 amu mass

B) in this case the atom of N will be 14 times heavier than the atom of H