What is the molecular weight of NaF?
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The question is asking for the molecular weight of sodium fluoride (NaF), which involves calculating the weight based on the atomic weights of sodium and fluorine.
Answer
41.988 g/mol
The molecular weight of NaF is 41.98817248 g/mol.
Answer for screen readers
The molecular weight of NaF is 41.98817248 g/mol.
More Information
The molecular weight of a compound is the sum of the atomic masses of its constituent elements. For NaF, this includes sodium (Na) and fluorine (F).
Tips
A common mistake is not considering all the atomic masses including decimals when calculating the molecular mass.
Sources
- Sodium Fluoride | NaF | CID 5235 - PubChem - pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- NaF (Sodium fluoride) molar mass - webqc.org
- Sodium fluoride - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
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