Question

The solar wind is made up of ions, mostly protons, flowing out from the Sun at 400 km/s. Near Earth, each cubic kilometer of interplanetary space contains, on average, 6 x 10^15 solar-wind ions. How many moles of ions are in a cubic kilometer of near-Earth space?

Answer 1

Answer:

9.96x10⁻⁹ moles of ions are in a cubic kilometer

Explanation:

As the problem states, in the near-earth space there are 6x10¹⁵ ions.

Moles are an amount of substance defined as 6.022x10²³. 1 mole of ions are 6.022x10²³ ions

1 mole of substance is 6.022x10²³ particles.

As there are 6x10¹⁵ ions in a cubic kilometer, the moles are:

6x10¹⁵ ions * (1mol / 6.022x10²³ ions) =

9.96x10⁻⁹ moles of ions are in a cubic kilometer

Answer 2

Based on the formula for calculating moles of particles, there are 9.96 * 10⁻⁹ moles of ions in a cubic kilometer of  interplanetary space.

What is the moles of ions?

The moles of ions is determined using the formula below:

• Moles of a particle = number of particles / 6.02 * 10²³

Data provided:

Number of ions = 6 * 10¹⁵ ions

Moles of ions =  6 * 10¹⁵ ions/6.02 * 10²³

moles of ions = 9.96 * 10⁻⁹ moles of ions.

Therefore, there are 9.96 * 10⁻⁹ moles of ions in a cubic kilometer of  interplanetary space.

Learn more about moles at: https://brainly.com/question/15356425