Question

A mixture of CuSO4 · 5H2O and MgSO4 · 7H2O is heated until all the water is lost. If 5.127 g of the mixture gives 2.817 g of the anhydrous salts, what is the percent by mass of CuSO4 · 5H2O in the mixture?

Answer 1

Let the mixture is X% by mass of CuSO

4

.5H

2

O and 100 - X % by mass of MgSO

4

.7H

2

O. 5.0 g of mixture will contain 0.05X g CuSO

4

.5H

2

O and 5.0 - 0.05X g MgSO

4

.7H

2

O

The molar masses of CuSO

4

.5H

2

O and MgSO

4

.7H

2

O are 249.7 g/mol and 246.5 g/mol respectively.

The number of moles of CuSO

4

.5H

2

O=

249.7

0.05X

=2.00×10

−4

X moles.

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