Answer to Question #101643 in General Chemistry for sabrina

Question

How many water atoms are in the ocean? Assume that (a) at the top is 10% of the ocean is 17 oC and the bottom 90% is 4 oC, (b) the density of the water os 1027 kg/m3 for the top 10% and 1028 kg/m3 for the bottom 90%, (c) sea water is on average 96.5% water the rest are dissolved salts, and (d) the volume of the oceans are 1.35 billion km3

Answer 1

$12.96$ x 10⁴⁶ atoms of water