Answer:
Explanation:
I just had this question on my test
citric acid is in most foods
I don't know which ones r, could u add options, maybe?
Answer:
48.075g(or 48g in correct sig figs)***
Explanation:
=48.075g
*64.1g is the mass of SO2 which is calculated by simply taking the mass of sulfur and oxygen(but doubling it since there are two oxygens) and adding them together(32.1+2x16.0)
**btw the mol units cancel because of dimensional analysis in case anyone was wondering why
***if your teacher is like mine and specifically wants your answer in correct sig figs, use the answer in parentheses as the original problem only has 2 sig figs
Answer:
b) The dehydrated sample absorbed moisture after heating
Explanation:
a) Strong initial heating caused some of the hydrate sample to splatter out.
This will result in a higher percent of water than the real one, because you assume in the calculation that the splattered sample was only water (which in not true).
b) The dehydrated sample absorbed moisture after heating.
Usually inorganic salts may absorbed moisture from the atmosphere so this will explain the 13% difference between calculated water percent the real content of water in the hydrate.
c) The amount of the hydrate sample used was too small.
It will create some errors but they do not create a difference of 13% difference as stated in the problem.
d) The crucible was not heated to constant mass before use.
Here the error is small.
e) Excess heating caused the dehydrated sample to decompose.
Usually the inorganic compounds are stable in the temperature range of this kind of experiments. If you have an organic compound which retain water molecules you may decompose the sample forming volatile compounds which will leave crucible so the error will be quite high.