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A scientist found a new compound Y while working on a new experiment.

He represented the compound Y as Fe(HCO3)3. What is its atomicity?


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16
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6
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8
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15
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Solution

The correct option is A 16

Fe(HCO3)3 has 1 iron atom and within brackets it has 1 carbon, 1 hydrogen and 3 oxygen atoms.

But it indicates that 3 (HCO3) groups are present in the formula. So the number of atoms in the brackets should be multiplied thrice.

So, (HCO3)3 contains 3 carbon, 3 hydrogen and 9 oxygen atoms.

Adding all of them up, the atomicity comes out to be 16 atoms.


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