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One gram of a mixture of potassium and NACL on treatment with excess of silver nitrate gave 2gm of AgCl .what was the composition of the two salts in the original mixture |
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Answer» xKCl + yNaCl + (X+y)AgNO3 = xKNO3 + yNaNO3 + (x+y)AGCL Let x moles of KCl and y moles of NaCl present in the mixture The moles of AgCl formed = x+y = 2/143.5 moles Therefore x + y = 2/143.5 --------------(1) Given that, 74.5x +58.5y = 1 -----------(2) SOLVING the two equations for x,y multiply FIRST equation by 74.5 74.5x + 74.5y = 2 x 74.5/143.5 = 149/143.5 = 1.038 74.5x + 58.5y = 1 (74.5-58.5)y = 1.038 -1 y = 0.038/16 = 0.00237 moles mass of NaCl = 0.0237 x 58.5 = 0.139 g = 14% mass of KCl = 1 - 0.139 = 0.861 g = 86% The composition of original mixture is 14 % NaCl and 86% KCl Alternatively, Let x gm of KCl and y gm of NaCl Present x + y = 1 ---------------------(1) KCl + AgNO3 = KNO3 + AgCl 74.5 g of KCl gives 143.5 g of AgCl x g of KCl would give 143.5x/74.5 = 1.926x g of AgCl NaCl + AgNO3 = NaNO3 + AgCl 58.5 g of NaCl gives 143.5 g of AgCl y g of NaCl would give 143.5y/58.5 = 2.453y g of Ag Cl Given that 2 g of AgCl formed. 1.926x + 2.453y = 2 -------------(2) Solving equn 1 and 2 1.926x + 1.926y = 1.926 (from equn 1) (2.453-1.926)y = 2 - 1.926 y = 0.074/0.527 = 0.14 g = 14% x = 1 - 0.14 = 0.86 g = 86% |
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