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Offline freswood

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dehydration equation
« on: August 07, 2006, 05:24:11 AM »
How do you write a balanced equation for the dehydration of MgSO4 . 3H2O?
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Offline Will

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Re: dehydration equation
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006, 05:27:42 AM »
Quote from: freswood on August 07, 2006, 05:24:11 AM
How do you write a balanced equation for the dehydration of MgSO4 . 3H2O?

Dehydration is the loss of water- it is a very simple equation, what do you think the products are?
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Re: dehydration equation
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2006, 06:30:46 AM »
Quote from: Will on August 07, 2006, 05:27:42 AM
Quote from: freswood on August 07, 2006, 05:24:11 AM
How do you write a balanced equation for the dehydration of MgSO4 . 3H2O?

Dehydration is the loss of water- it is a very simple equation, what do you think the products are?

is it MgSO4 + O2 + H2?
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Re: dehydration equation
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2006, 06:35:02 AM »
Yes and no! MgSO4 is correct, but you will get H2O as  a product, not H2 or O2 (I am assuming you are just heating the MgSO4.3H2O, driving off steam).
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Re: dehydration equation
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2006, 05:03:43 AM »
Thanks! Much appreciated
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