Molecular weight of Iron(III) Chloride Hexahydrate

Molar mass of FeCl3.6H2O = 270.29568 g/mol

Convert grams Iron(III) Chloride Hexahydrate to moles  or  moles Iron(III) Chloride Hexahydrate to grams

Molecular weight calculation: 55.845 + 35.453*3 + 6*(1.00794*2 + 15.9994)

Element   Symbol   Atomic Mass   # of Atoms   Mass Percent Chlorine Cl 35.453 3 39.349% Iron Fe 55.845 1 20.661% Hydrogen H 1.00794 12 4.475% Oxygen O 15.9994 6 35.515%

In chemistry, the formula weight is a quantity computed by multiplying the atomic weight (in atomic mass units) of each element in a chemical formula by the number of atoms of that element present in the formula, then adding all of these products together.

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The atomic weights used on this site come from NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. We use the most common isotopes. This is how to calculate molar mass (average molecular weight), which is based on isotropically weighted averages. This is not the same as molecular mass, which is the mass of a single molecule of well-defined isotopes. For bulk stoichiometric calculations, we are usually determining molar mass, which may also be called standard atomic weight or average atomic mass.

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Using the chemical formula of the compound and the periodic table of elements, we can add up the atomic weights and calculate molecular weight of the substance.

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