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State the formula to calculate the percentage purity of pure substances.

Important Questions on Reacting Masses and Chemical Equations

EASY
Electrolysis of water is a decomposition. The mole ratio of hydrogen and oxygen gases liberated during electrolysis of water is;
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How will you show that there is no change in mass during a chemical reaction?
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Law of conservation of mass holds true and can be verified in a school laboratory
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In a reaction, 5.0 g of calcium carbonate on heating gave 2.8 g of calcium oxide and 2.2 g of carbon dioxide. Show that these observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.

 Calcium carbonate heat Calcium oxide + Carbon dioxide 

 

HARD
When 3.0 g of carbon is burnt in 8.00 g oxygen, 11.00 g of carbon dioxide is produced. What mass of carbon dioxide will be formed when 3.00 g of carbon is burnt in 50.00 g of oxygen? Which law of chemical combination will govern your answer?
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1.31 g of zinc on heating in air gave 1.63 g of white zinc oxide. 2.65 g of zinc oxide on reduction with hydrogen gave 2.12 g of zinc. Show that these figures are in accordance with the law of constant proportions.
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Select from the following figure(s) that correctly represent(s) the experimental set-up for the verification of conservation of mass in a chemical reaction.
BaCl2(aq)+Na2SO4(aq)BaSO4(s)+2NaCl(aq)

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HARD
A 0.24 g sample of compound of oxygen and boron was found by analysis to contain 0.096 g of boron and 0.144 g of oxygen. Calculate the percentage composition of the compound by weight.