Answer :
Answer:
The percentage by mass of water in magnesium sulfate heptahydrate is 51.2 %
Explanation:
Step 1: Data given
Molar mass of MgSO4*7H2O = 246.5 g/mol
Molar mass of H2O = 18.02 g/mol
Molar massof MgSO4 = 120.37 g/mol
Step 2: Calculate % water in magnesium sulfate heptahydrate
Since we have 7 molecules of water in the heptahydrate, we will divide the molar mass of 7 molecules water by the molar mass of the heptahydrate.
m%(H2O) = (7*18.02)/ 246.5
m%(H2O) = (126.14 /246.5)*100%
m%(H2O) = 51.2 %
To controle this we will calculate the mass % of MgSO4
m%(MgSO4) = (120.37/ 246.50)*100%
m%(MgSO4) = 48.8%
51.2 + 48.8 = 100%
The percentage by mass of water in magnesium sulfate heptahydrate is 51.2 %
Answer:from reffered dfn of %by mass
%by M=mass of component particular/total mass
But mass directly proportional to Molar mass
% by M=molar mass of H2O cpn/total M
%by M=7((1×2)+16)/(7((1×2)+16)+(24+(16×4)+32))
=0.573