AP Chemistry Spectra

Question

The link below is an image that is to be used to help solve the problem:

https://prnt.sc/hsqdao

 

The question is as follows:

The above mess spectra is for the hypochlorite ion, CLO-. Oxygen has only one isotope, which has a mass of 16 AMU

(A) How many neurons does the most common isotope of chlorine have?

(B) Using the spectra, calculate the average mass of a hypochlorite ion.

(C) Does the negative charge on the ion affect the spectra? Justify your answer.

(D) The negative charge in the ion is located around the oxygen atom. Speculate as to why.

Answer 1

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