Solving a redox titration problem DE To measure the amount of calcium carbonate (CaCO) in a seashell, an analytical chemist crushes a 4.800 g sample of the shell to a fine powder and titrates it to the endpoint with 345. mL of 0.2000 Mhydrogen chloride (HCI) solution. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is: 2HC1(aq) + CO (ag) - H2CO3(aq) 2C (ag) precipitation What kind of reaction is this? acid-base ? X redox If you said this was a precipitation reaction, enter the chemical formula of the precipitate. If you said this was an acid-base reaction, enter the chemical formula of the reactant that is acting as the base. If you said this was a redox reaction, enter the chemical symbol of the element that is oxidized. Calculate the mass percent of CaCO, in the sample. Be sure your answer has 3 % 3 significant digits. Explanation Check PrivacY Terms of Use O 2019 McGraw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved.

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Solving a redox titration problem
DE
To measure the amount of calcium carbonate (CaCO) in a seashell, an analytical chemist crushes a 4.800 g sample of the shell to a fine powder and titrates it
to the endpoint with 345. mL of 0.2000 Mhydrogen chloride (HCI) solution.
The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is:
2HC1(aq) + CO (ag) -
H2CO3(aq) 2C (ag)
precipitation
What kind of reaction is this?
acid-base
?
X
redox
If you said this was a precipitation reaction, enter the chemical formula of the
precipitate.
If you said this was an acid-base reaction, enter the chemical formula of the
reactant that is acting as the base.
If you said this was a redox reaction, enter the chemical symbol of the element
that is oxidized.
Calculate the mass percent of CaCO, in the sample. Be sure your answer has 3
%
3
significant digits.
Explanation
Check
PrivacY
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O 2019 McGraw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved.
Transcribed Image Text:Solving a redox titration problem DE To measure the amount of calcium carbonate (CaCO) in a seashell, an analytical chemist crushes a 4.800 g sample of the shell to a fine powder and titrates it to the endpoint with 345. mL of 0.2000 Mhydrogen chloride (HCI) solution. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is: 2HC1(aq) + CO (ag) - H2CO3(aq) 2C (ag) precipitation What kind of reaction is this? acid-base ? X redox If you said this was a precipitation reaction, enter the chemical formula of the precipitate. If you said this was an acid-base reaction, enter the chemical formula of the reactant that is acting as the base. If you said this was a redox reaction, enter the chemical symbol of the element that is oxidized. Calculate the mass percent of CaCO, in the sample. Be sure your answer has 3 % 3 significant digits. Explanation Check PrivacY Terms of Use O 2019 McGraw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved.
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