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kotegsom
10 days ago
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When a 3.22 g sample of an unknown hydrate of sodium sulfate, na2so4 ⋅ h2o(s), is heated, h2o (molar mass 18 g) is driven off. T

he mass of the anhydrous na2so4(s) (molar mass 142 g) that remains is 1.42 g. The value of x in the hydrate is?
Chemistry
1 answer:
lions [1K]10 days ago
6 0

Given that the value of X is 10, the formula for the unknown hydrate of sodium sulfate becomes NaSO4.10 H2O.

Calculation:

Step 1: Determine the moles of Na2SO4 and H2O.

Moles are calculated by dividing mass by molar mass.

Moles of Na2SO4 are calculated as 1.42 divided by 142, resulting in 0.01 moles.

For H2O: The mass of H2O is 3.22 - 1.42 = 1.8 g.

The moles of H2O are then calculated as 1.8 divided by 18, which gives us 0.1 moles.

Step 2: Find the mole ratio by dividing each mole quantity by the smallest amount (0.01).

This leads to Na2SO4 = 0.01/0.01 = 1.

            H2O = 0.1/0.01 = 10.

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