Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A chlorine compound with a mass of 0.320 g is fused with sodium. The extract is boiled with nitric acid, cooled and treated with excess silver nitrate. The curdy white precipitate is washed, dried and weighed. Its mass is 0.410 g. Use Cl = 35.5 and Ag = 108 in g/mol. Find the amount of silver chloride, the mass of chlorine in it, and the percentage of chlorine in the compound.
After a sodium fusion, sulphur is and a halogen is . Silver nitrate gives AgCl (white, soluble in dilute ammonia solution), AgBr (pale yellow, sparingly soluble) or AgI (yellow, insoluble). The mass of halogen in a precipitate is the mass of the precipitate times .
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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. , so .
Step 2. All the chlorine came from the compound: .
Step 3. .
Answer: , and .
Check. Chlorine is about one quarter of the mass of silver chloride, and a quarter of is about .
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