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13 December, 06:11

The sun is composed mostly of hydrogen. The mass of the sun is 2.0x10^30 kg, and the mass of a hydrogen atom is 1.67x10^-27 kg. Estimate the number of atoms in the sun.

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  1. 13 December, 08:41
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    We assume that the sun is all hydrogen for this or the amount other components are negligible. The calculations are as follows:

    2.0x10^30 kg of sun x (1.67x10^-27 kg hydrogen atom / 1 kg of sun) = 3340 kg hydrogen atom

    3340 kg hydrogen atom (1000 g / 1 kg) (1 mol H / 1.01 g H) = 3306930.693 mol H

    3306930.693 mol H x (6.022 x 10^23 atoms / 1 mol) = 1.99 x 10^30 atoms H
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