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Interpretation:
The number of arsenic atoms and mass percent of mercury in BAL complex are to be calculated.
Concept introduction:
The number of moles are given by the following expression:
The number of molecules in a mole is calculated by the following expression:
Here,
The mass percent of compound in the complex is calculated by the expression:
Here,
is molar mass of the compound.
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