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A 100.0-g mixture made up of NaCl03, Na2CO3, NaCl, and NaHCO3 is heated, producing 5.95 g of oxygen, 1.67 g of water, and 14.5 g of carbon dioxide. NaCl does not react under the conditions of the experiment. The equations for the reactions that take place are:
Assuming 100% decomposition of NaClO3, Na2CO3, and NaHCO3, what is the composition of the mixture in grams?
Interpretation:
The composition of the mixture should be determined in grams..
Concept introduction:.
The number of moles of a substance is related to mass and molar mass as follows:.
Here,mis mass andMis molar mass of the substance..
From a balanced chemical reaction, the number of moles of 1 reactant reacting with number of moles of 2nd reactant can be calculating using the unitary method.
Answer to Problem 94QAP
The composition of mixture is 13.2 g of
Explanation of Solution
The mass of the mixture is 100.0 g.
The composition of the mixture is
The mixture produces 5.95 g of oxygen, 1.67 g of water and 14.5 g of carbon dioxide on heating.
The equations for the reactions are as follows:.
From the given mass of oxygen, carbon dioxide and water, number of moles can be calculated as follows:.
Molar mass of oxygen gas is 32 g/mol, putting the values,
Similarly, number of moles of water will be:.
Molar mass of water is 18 g/mol, putting the values,
Now, number of moles of carbon dioxide can be calculated as follows:.
Molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44.01 g/mol, putting the values,
From the reaction as follows:.
3 mol of oxygen gas are produced from 2 mol of
Now, molar mass of
Putting the values,
Now, from the reaction given below:.
1 mol of water is produced from 2 mol of
The molar mass of
From the calculated number of moles of
2 mol of
The total number of moles of carbon dioxide is 0.33 mol thus, remaining number of moles of carbon dioxide will be:.
The decomposition of
From the above reaction, 1 mol of carbon dioxide is produced from 1 mol of
The molar mass of
Now, total mass is 100 g thus, mass of NaCl can be calculated as follows:.
Putting the values,
Therefore, the composition of mixture is 13.2 g of
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