Citric acid (right) is concentrated in citrus fruits and plays a central metabolic role in nearly every animal and plant cell.
1 answer:
<u>0.549 mol</u> of citric acid are in 1.50 qt of lemon juice (d = 1.09 g/mL) that is 6.82% citric acid.
<h3>What is citric acid?</h3>Citric acid is an organic compound with a chemical formula of . It is a weak organic acid that is colourless. Citrus fruits naturally produce it. It is a biochemical intermediary in the citric acid cycle, which is a process that all aerobic organisms go through during metabolism.
Every year, more than two million tonnes of citric acid are produced. It is frequently employed as a chelating agent, an acidifier, and a flavouring
Citrates, which include salts, esters, and the polyatomic anion present in solution, are derivatives of citric acid. Trisodium citrate is an example of the former; triethyl citrate is an example of an ester.
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The percentage composition of this compound : 40%Ca, 12%C and 48%O
<h3>Further explanation</h3>Given
20.0 g of calcium,
6.0 g of carbon,
and 24.0 g of oxygen.
Required
The percentage composition
Solution
Total mass of compound :
=mass calcium + mass carbon + mass oxygen
=20 g + 6 g + 24 g
=50 g
Percentage composition :
- Ca-calcium
- C-carbon
- O-oxygen