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Mass percentage in sample - please *delete me*!!
« on: November 17, 2013, 11:39:23 AM »
A 0.03146 g sample of a mixture of NaCl and KBr was dissolved in water.  The resulting solution required 35.30 ml of 0.08765M AgNO3 to precipitate the Cl- and Br- as AgCl and AgBr.   
Calculate the mass percentage of NaCl in the mixture.

I calculated the millimoles of AgNo3 as 3.094, but am unsure where to go from here.    I need to understand the problem - I do not think we have enough info to do the problem.    What am I missing?

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Re: Mass percentage in sample - please *delete me*!!
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 12:09:08 PM »
You can write two equations describing the system. One will use info about sum of masses, the other about sum of moles.
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Re: Mass percentage in sample - please *delete me*!!
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2013, 01:37:22 PM »
Huh - I must be brain dead - I am still missing something here.

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Re: Mass percentage in sample - please *delete me*!!
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2013, 03:32:28 PM »
Try to write these equations. Assume there are mNaCl and mKCl in the sample.
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