The alum used in cooking is potassium aluminum sulfate hydrate, KAl(SO 4 ) 2 x H
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The “alum” used in cooking is potassium aluminum sulfate hydrate, KAl(SO4)2 ∙ x H2O. To find the value of x, you can heat a sample of the compound to drive off all of the water and leave only KAl(SO4)2. Assume you heat 4.74 g of the hydrated compound and that the sample loses 2.16 g of water. What is the value of x?
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Chemistry And Chemical Reactivity
ISBN: 9780357001172
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Authors: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
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