he mercury in a 0.8142-g sample was precipitated with an excess of paraperiodic acid, H5IO6:                         5 Hg 2+  +  2 H5IO6  ---> Hg5(IO6)2 (s) +  10 H + The precipitate (MW = 1448.8 g/mol) was filtered, washed free of precipitating agent, dried, and weighed, and 0.4114 g was recovered. Calculate the      a)     % Hg (200.6 g/mol) b)     % Hg2Cl2 (472.1 g/mol)

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The mercury in a 0.8142-g sample was precipitated with an excess of paraperiodic acid, H5IO6:

                        5 Hg 2+  +  2 H5IO6  ---> Hg5(IO6)2 (s) +  10 H +

The precipitate (MW = 1448.8 g/mol) was filtered, washed free of precipitating agent, dried, and weighed, and 0.4114 g was recovered. Calculate the     

a)     % Hg (200.6 g/mol)

b)     % Hg2Cl2 (472.1 g/mol)

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