2.In a titration experiment, a student was provided with the following:-
− Solution R which was 0.408M HCl
− Solution S containing 6.9g of a metal carbonate M2CO3 in 250cm3
solution
Upon titration, 24.5cm3 of solution R was required to completely neutralize 25cm3 of solution S.
Determine the following.
a. Molarity of solution S
b. Formula mass of M2CO3
c. Relative atomic mass of M please show steps
a. To determine the molarity of solution S, we first need to calculate the number of moles of HCl in solution R that reacted with the metal carbonate in solution S.
First, calculate the number of moles of HCl in 24.5 cm3 of a 0.408M solution:
Moles of HCl = (Volume x Molarity) / 1000
Moles of HCl = (24.5 cm3 x 0.408 mol/L) / 1000
Moles of HCl = 0.009996 mol
Since the reaction between HCl and M2CO3 is 1:1, the number of moles of M2CO3 that reacted is also 0.009996 mol.
Next, calculate the molarity of solution S:
Molarity of solution S = Moles of M2CO3 / Volume of solution S (in liters)
Volume of solution S = 250 cm3 = 0.25 L
Molarity of solution S = 0.009996 mol / 0.25 L
Molarity of solution S = 0.03998 mol/L or 0.040 M
Therefore, the molarity of solution S is 0.040 M.
b. To determine the formula mass of M2CO3, we need to first calculate the number of moles of M2CO3 in solution S using the molarity and volume of the solution.
Moles of M2CO3 = Molarity x Volume
Moles of M2CO3 = 0.040 mol/L x 0.250 L
Moles of M2CO3 = 0.010 mol
Next, calculate the molar mass of metal carbonate M2CO3:
Given that 6.9g of M2CO3 is in 0.010 moles,
Molar mass = Mass / Moles
Molar mass = 6.9 g / 0.010 mol
Molar mass = 690 g/mol
Therefore, the formula mass of M2CO3 is 690 g/mol.
c. To determine the relative atomic mass of M, we first need to find out the atomic masses of the elements present in M2CO3.
Assuming the atomic mass of O is 16, C is 12, and M is x:
690 = 2(x) + 16 + 12
690 = 2x + 28
662 = 2x
x = 331
Therefore, the relative atomic mass of M is 331.
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do not understand why the ratio is 1:! yet it is 2 moles of hcl with one of M2CO3.Please clarify in above task
I apologize for the confusion. Let's clarify the ratio of moles of HCl to moles of M2CO3 in the reaction.
The balanced chemical equation for the reaction between HCl and M2CO3 is:
2 HCl + M2CO3 --> 2 MCl + CO2 + H2O
From the balanced equation, we can see that 2 moles of HCl react with 1 mole of M2CO3 to form 2 moles of MCl. This means that the mole ratio of HCl to M2CO3 is 2:1.
In the previous calculation, when we found that 0.009996 moles of HCl reacted with M2CO3, the corresponding number of moles of M2CO3 that reacted should be half of that amount since the mole ratio is 1:2.
Therefore, the number of moles of M2CO3 that reacted is:
0.009996 mol HCl x (1 mol M2CO3 / 2 mol HCl) = 0.004998 mol M2CO3
Using this corrected value, you can recalculate the molarity of solution S and the relative atomic mass of M accordingly. Apologies for the oversight in the initial explanation.