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2.4 g of a mixture of KCl and NH4Cl is heated till constant weight is obtained. The solid residue is dissolved in water and the solution is made up to 250 mL. 25 mL of this solution required 15 mL of 0.1 N AgNO3 for precipitation of chloride. The percentage of chloride by weight in the mixture is y%, then y is (in nearest integer) :

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Ammonium chloride on heating will decompose to ammonia and hydrogen chloride which will be lost in the atmosphere. The solid residue will contain KCl only.
15 mL of 0.1 N AgNO3 corresponds to 0.015×0.1=0.0015moles of silver ions.
They will react with 0.0015 moles of chloride ion, which are present in 25 mL of the solution.
250 mL of the solution will contain 0.015 moles of chloride .
The molar mass of KCl is 74.55 g/mol.
0.015 mole of KCl will correspond to 74.55×0.015=1.1183gKCl.
The percentage of KCl in the mixture =1.11832.4×100=46.6%
The nearest integer is 47.

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