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*10.114 In one analytical procedure for determining the percentage of nitrogen in unknown compounds, weighed samples are made to decompose to
(a) Show that the following equation can be used to calculate the percentage of nitrogen in a sample having a mass of W grams when the
(b) Use this equation to calculate the percentage of nitrogen in the sample described in Problem 10.117.
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