Question

Determine the percent water in MgSO4*7H20?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\% H_2O=51.2\%$

Explanation:

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In this case, since the percent water is computed by dividing the amount of water by the total mass of the hydrate; we infer we first need the molar mass of water and that of the hydrate as shown below:

$MM_{MgSO_4* 7H_2O}=120.36 g/mol+7*18.02g/mol\\\\MM_{MgSO_4* 7H_2O}=246.5g/mol$

Thus, the percent water is:

$\% H_2O=\frac{7*MM_{H_2O}}{MM_{MgSO_4* 7H_2O}} *100\%$

So we plug in to obtain:

$\% H_2O=\frac{7*18.02}{246.5} *100\%\\\\\% H_2O=51.2\%$

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