Molar mass of aluminum oxide

In chemistry, the mass percentage is simple data that you need to solve problems. It is usually given to you and you need to calculate other, more complex reactions. Still, in… the beginning, you will need to prove that you have a basic understanding of the concept and that you can use it. From that perspective, the most challenging problems you might face will be when you will be have to calculate the molar or volumetric masses when you are given the mass percentage or back again.The mass percentage is simply telling you what percentage of a certain substance you need to add when doing an experiment. The thing to be careful with when dealing with percentages is that when adding them up, their sum must be 100. If they are over or under 100, then your experiment is bound to fail because you are not using all the needed elements.There is an important difference to be noted when it comes to chemistry; you will know either the mass or the mass percentage of a substance. So if you know that you need to add 10 percent of calcium to a reaction, that does not mean you have to add 10 grams of calcium. Instead, you need to know the entire mass of the substances you will be mixing and make sure that you are adding 10 percent of that to the reaction. So if the total mass was 50 grams and you needed to add 10 percent calcium, then you would add 5 grams.There are two types of problems that you can expect to find when dealing with mass percentages for the first time. The simple type of problem will be just like above, where you will know the percentage and the mass of the total substance and you will be asked to give the mass in grams or ounces. The second type of problem will give you the percentage of all the other substances and you will need to find the percentage for your particular substance. Knowing that the total sum of the percentages always has to be 100, it should be relatively easy to find out the percentage you need.A more difficult type of problem you might have to solve will be one where you will be given the mass percentage and will be asked to give the molar percentage. In that case, you first have to find out the mass in grams or ounces. Next, you will have to find the molar mass for each element or compound from the Mendeleev periodic table. Then you will calculate the molar number by dividing the mass to the molar mass. Now that you have the molar number for each element, you can calculate the total molar number of the resulting compound. And then to calculate the molar percentage, you need to multiply the molar number of your substance by 100 and then divide by the total molar number.It is very important to be able to calculate the mass percentage of a substance to be able to do even the most basic chemical experiments. However, it is a simple percentage calculation and you should not be intimidated by the fact that it refers to chemical substances. The real challenge comes when you have to calculate the molar percentage after having been given only the mass percentage. However, even then, it is a simple matter of converting percentages to grams and then grams to molars.There is an interesting thing to note about gaseous substances. Their molar percentage is equal to the volumetric percentage. So for those cases, you will not need to make any conversions. (MORE)