Note: Imaginary Elements Are Used in the Following Question

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Note: Imaginary elements are used in the following question. An electrolysis study was carried to determine the atomic weight of nortonium from a study on the compound, nortonium nitrate. Another study had established that the formula was probably Nt(NO₃)₂. In the present study, electrolysis was carried on an aqueous sample of nortonium nitrate, and the quantities of the electrolysis products were carefully measured. At the anode, a gas was collected which, after correction for the vapor pressure of water, registered a volume of 94.25 mL when the temperature was 25.0 °C and the pressure was 748.5 torr. The mass of the nortonium that plated out on the cathode was measured as 836.2 mg. From this data, calculate a value for the atomic weight of nortonium.Hint: Use the ideal gas law and balanced redox equation to find moles of nortonium, then find atomic weight.