Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A 1.430 g sample of washing soda, which is sodium carbonate decahydrate, (), is dissolved and made up to 250.0 mL. A 25.00 mL portion is titrated with hydrochloric acid of concentration with methyl orange as the indicator. The mean titre is 9.40 mL. The impurities do not react with the acid. Find the amount of acid used, the amount of sodium carbonate in the 25.00 mL portion, the mass of the decahydrate in the sample, and the percentage purity.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. .
Step 2. . So in the portion.
Step 3. The whole sample is ten times the portion: . The mass of the decahydrate is .
Step 4. .
Answer: , , and .
Check. Pure washing soda of this mass would be , and .
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Molarity with in litres. For a titration with the equation , . Oxalic acid, , gives two for each molecule. Sodium carbonate takes two . Concordant titres agree within .