A strong lightning bolt transfers an electric charge of about 31 C to Earth (or vice versa). How many electrons are transferred? Avogadro’s number is 6.022 × 1023 /mol, and the elemental charge is 1.602 × 10−19 C.If each water molecule donates one electron, how much water is ionized in the lightning? One mole of water has a mass of 18 g/mol. Answer in units of g.

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Answer:

[tex]m=5.78\times 10^{-3}\ g[/tex]

[tex]n_e=1.935\times 10^{20}[/tex] is the no. of electrons

Explanation:

Given:

  • quantity of charge transferred, [tex]Q=31\ C[/tex]

No. of electrons in the given amount of charge:

As we have charge on one electron [tex]1.602\times 10^{-19}\ C[/tex]

so,

[tex]n_e=\frac{Q}{e}[/tex]

[tex]n_e=\frac{31}{1.602\times 10^{-19}}[/tex]

[tex]n_e=1.935\times 10^{20}[/tex] is the no. of electrons

  • Now if each water molecules donates one electron:

Then we require [tex]n=1.935\times 10^{20}[/tex] molecules.

Now the no. of moles in this many molecules:

[tex]n_m=\frac{n}{N_A}[/tex]

where

[tex]N_A=6.022\times 10^{23}[/tex] Avogadro No.

[tex]n_m=\frac{1.935\times 10^{20}}{6.022\times 10^{23}}[/tex]

[tex]n_m=3.213\times 10^{-4}\ moles[/tex]

  • We have molecular mass of water as M=18 g/mol.

So, the mass of water in the obtained moles:

[tex]n_m=\frac{m}{M}[/tex]

where:

m = mass in gram

[tex]3.213\times 10^{-4}=\frac{m}{18}[/tex]

[tex]m=5.78\times 10^{-3}\ g[/tex]