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A compound with a mass of 0.600 g contains both chlorine and bromine. After a sodium fusion, the extract is boiled with nitric acid and treated with excess silver nitrate. The mixed precipitate has a mass of 0.950 g. Shaking it with dilute ammonia solution dissolves all the silver chloride and none of the silver bromide. The residue of silver bromide has a mass of 0.376 g. Use Cl = 35.5, Br = 80, AgCl = 143.5 and AgBr = 188 in g/mol. Find the mass of silver chloride that dissolved, the amount of chlorine and of bromine in the compound, and the percentage of each.
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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. Chlorine. . Mass: .
Step 3. Bromine. . Mass: .
Step 4. Percentages. and .
Answer: , , , and .
Check. Together the two halogens are of the compound, and the rest () is carbon, hydrogen and other elements.
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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 .