Urgent Chemistry Question!!!!!!

Question

Spattering did occur and some of the sample was lost onto the laboratory bench. As a result of this error the reported magnesium to oxygen ratio will be ___________

A) unaffected

B) too low

C) too high

Answer 1

c) unaffected

Explanation:

In this case is considered unaffected it is neither too low or too high. Looking at molar mass of both magnesium and oxygen, the molar mass of magnesium is approximately 24.31 g/mol, while the molar mass of oxygen is around 16.00 g/mol. If some of the sample was lost onto the laboratory bench, it would result in a loss of both magnesium and oxygen in terms of molar mass.

If the lost sample contained a higher proportion of oxygen than magnesium, then the remaining will have a higher proportion of magnesium than oxygen and vise versa.

Without knowing the exact details about the error, we cannot determine exact impact on the magnesium to oxygen ratio.