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In Carius method of estimation of halogens,

250 mg

of an organic compound gave

141 mg AgBr

. What is the percentage of bromine in the compound (atomic mass of

Ag = 108

and atomic number of

Br = 80

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An organic compound contains

80 %

(by wt.) carbon and remaining percentage of hydrogen. The right option for the empirical formula of this compound is: [Atomic wt. of

C

12

and of

H

1

]

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Compound $A$ contains $8.7 %$ Hydrogen, $74 %$ Carbon and $17.3 %$ Nitrogen. The molecular formula of the compound is, Given : Atomic masses of $C, H$ and $N$ are $12, 1$ and $14$ amu respectively.

The molar mass of the compound $A$ is $162 g {mol}^{- 1}$ .

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Mass % of carbon in ethanol is

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An organic compound contains

24 %

carbon,

4 %

hydrogen and remaining chlorine. Its empirical formula is

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The percentage of nitrogen by mass in ammonium sulphate is closest to (atomic masses H = 1, N = 14, O = 16, S = 32)

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An organic compound contains

60 % C; 4.48 % H

and

35.5 % O .

Its empirical formula is

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The percentage composition of carbon by mole in methane is:

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The empirical formula and molecular mass of a compound are

{CH}_{2} O

and

180 g

respectively. The molecular formula of the compound will be

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In a compound

C, H

and

N

are present in

9 : 1 : 3.5

by weight. If molecular weight of compound is

108

, the molecular formula of compound is

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1.85 g

sample of an arsenic-containing pesticide was chemically converted to

{AsO}_{4}^{3 -}

(atomic mass of

As = 74.9

) and titrated with

{Pb}^{2 +}

to form

{Pb}_{3} {({AsO}_{4})}_{2}

. If

20 mL of 0.1 M {Pb}^{2 +}

is required to reach the equivalence point, the mass percentages of arsenic in the pesticide sample is closest to

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1.25 g of a metal (M) reacts with oxygen completely to produce 1.68 g of metal oxide. The empirical formula of the metal oxide is [Molar mass of M and O are

69.7 g m o l^{- 1}

and

16.0 g m o l^{- 1}

, respectively]

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One mole of one of the sodium salts listed below, having carbon content close to

14.3 %

produces

1

mole of carbon dioxide upon heating

(Atomic masses : Na = 23, H = 1, C = 12, O = 16)

. The salt is

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A sample of a hydrate of barium chloride weighing 61 g was heated until all the water of hydration is removed. The dried sample weighed 52 g. The formula of the hydrated salt is: (atomic mass, Ba = 137 amu, Cl = 35.5 amu)

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An organic compound contains

C, H

and

S

. The minimum molecular weight of the compound containing

8 %

Sulphur is

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In an estimation of bromine by Carius method,

1.6 g

of an organic compound gave

1.88 g

AgBr

. The mass percentage of bromine in the compound is

\dots . .

(

Atomic mass,

Ag = 108, Br = 80 {gmol}^{- 1}

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Complex A has a composition of

H_{12} O_{6} {Cl}_{3} C r

. If the complex on treatment with conc.

H_{2} {SO}_{4}

loses

13.5 %

of its original mass, the correct molecular formulas of

A

is:
[Given : atomic mass of

C r = 52

amu and

Cl = 35

amu]

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A pure compound contains

2.4 g

C, 1.2 \times 10^{23}

atoms of

H, 0.2

moles of oxygen atoms. Its empirical formula is

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The ratio of mass percent of

C and H

of an organic compound

(C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z})

6 : 1 .

If one molecule of the above compound

(C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z})

contains half as much oxygen as required to burn one molecule of compound

C_{X} H_{Y}

completely to

{CO}_{2}

and

H_{2} O .

The empirical formula of the compound

C_{X} H_{Y} O_{Z}

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A compound has the following composition by weight;

N a = 18.60 %, S = 25.80 %, H = 4.02 %

and

O = 51.58 %

Assuming that all the hydrogen atoms in the compound are part of water of crystallization, the correct molecular formula of the compound is

An organic compound has carbon and hydrogen percentage in the ratio 6:1 and carbon and oxygen percentages in the ratio 3:4. The compound has the empirical formula

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