Answer:
Lithium oxide, Li₂O.
Explanation:
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In this case, according to the given amounts, it is possible to write down the chemical reaction as shown below:
[tex]M_2O+H_2 \rightarrow 2M+H_2O[/tex]
Which means that the metallic oxide has the following formula: M₂O. Next, we can set up the following proportional factors according to the chemical reaction:
[tex]5.00gM_2O*\frac{1molM_2O}{(2x+16)gM_2O}*\frac{2molM}{1molM_2O}*\frac{xgM}{1molM} = 2.32gM[/tex]
Thus, we perform the operations in order to obtain:
[tex]\frac{10x}{2x+16}=2.32[/tex]
So we solve for x as shown below:
[tex]10x = 2.32(2x+16)\\\\10x = 4.64x+37.12\\\\x = \frac{37.12}{10-4.64}\\\\x= 6.93 g/mol[/tex]
Whose molar mass corresponds to lithium, and therefore, the metallic oxide is lithium oxide, Li₂O.
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