Calcium sulfate, CaSO4, is a white, crystalline powder. Gypsum is a mineral, or natural substance, that is

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Calcium sulfate, CaSO4, is a white, crystalline powder. Gypsum is a mineral, or natural substance, that is a hydrate of calcium sulfate. A 1.000-g sample of gypsum contains 0.791 g CaSO4. How many moles of CaSO4 are there in this sample? Assuming that the rest of the sample is water, how many moles of H2O are there in the sample? Show that the result is consistent with the formula CaSO4∙2H2O.
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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