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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: MakoEyes on November 02, 2009, 01:33:21 PM
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Hey I got a question:
A solid hydrate weighing 2.4 g was heated to drive off the water. A solid anhydrous residue remained,
which weighed in at 1.2 g.
Calculate the % water in the hydrate and if the anhydrous residue has a formula weight of 132, how many moles of water are present in one mole of hydrate?
Can someone show me step by step how to approach this problem?
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when hydrated salt is heated what does it decompose into?
u know mass of hydrated salt heated and u know mass of anhydrous salt after heating...
So how can u find mass of water from this? What does anhydrous mean?
Once u got the mass of water...how can u find the % of water & moles of water in hydrated salt?
Anyways check this out: http://chem.lapeer.org/Chem1Docs/HydrateLab1.html (http://chem.lapeer.org/Chem1Docs/HydrateLab1.html)
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when hydrated salt is heated what does it decompose into?
u know mass of hydrated salt heated and u know mass of anhydrous salt after heating...
So how can u find mass of water from this? What does anhydrous mean?
Once u got the mass of water...how can u find the % of water & moles of water in hydrated salt?
Anyways check this out: http://chem.lapeer.org/Chem1Docs/HydrateLab1.html (http://chem.lapeer.org/Chem1Docs/HydrateLab1.html)
So can I write...
2.4g-1.2g = 1.2g
1.2g H2O / 2.4g sample * 100% = answer ?
I'm still a bit confused on the moles...
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Ah sorry I looked a little deeper into this...
% of water in hydrate = ( (2.4 - 1.2)/2.4) x 100 = 50%
1.2g anhydrate * (1 mole H2O / 18.016g H2O) = 0.067 mole H2O
1.2g Anhydrate * (1 mole anhydrate / 132g anhydrate) = 0.009090 mole anhydrate
I am unsure of where to go from here, any help is appreciated.
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What is ratio of number of moles of water and salt? (In other words: how many moles of water per mole of salt?)
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What is ratio of number of moles of water and salt? (In other words: how many moles of water per mole of salt?)
0.067 mole H2O :: 0.009090 mole anhydrate salt
I don't know what to do with this value though...
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I hate repeating myself, but I will try once again. How many moles of water per 1 mole of salt?