A scientist while working on an experiment found a new compound X.

He represented the compound X as $F e (H C O_{3})_{3}$ . What is its atomicity?

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Solution

The correct option is A 16
Iron Hydrogen Carbonate $F e (H C O_{3})_{3}$ has 16 atoms. So atomicity is 16.

It has 1 Iron and in the brackets, 1 Carbon, 1 Hydrogen, 3 Oxygen atoms.
But it indicates that the $(H C O_{3})$ is thrice in the formula.
So, the number of atoms in the brackets should be multiplied by three.
So, $(H C O_{3})_{3}$ has 3 Carbon, 3 Hydrogen, 9 Oxygen atoms, and 1 Fe atom adds to give the total number of atoms as 16.

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