Anhydrous calcium chloride is a good drying agent because it will rapidly pick up water. Suppose you
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Anhydrous calcium chloride is a good drying agent because it will rapidly pick up water. Suppose you have stored some carefully dried CaCl2 in a desiccator. Unfortunately, someone did not close the top of the desiccator tightly, and the CaCl2 became partially hydrated. A 150-g sample of this partially hydrated material was dissolved in 80 g of hot water. When the solution was cooled to 20°C, 74.9 g of CaCl2 ⋅ 6 H2O precipitated. Knowing the solubility of calcium chloride in water at 20°C is 74.5 g CaCl2/100 g water, determine the water content of the 150-g sample of partially hydrated calcium chloride (in moles of water per mole of CaCl2).
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Chemistry And Chemical Reactivity
ISBN: 9780357001172
10th Edition
Authors: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel