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A 10 g mixture of Cu2S and CuS was treated with 200 mL of 0.75MMnO4 in acid solution producing SO2, Cu2+ and Mn2+. The SO2 was boiled off and the excess of MnO4 was titrated with 175 mL of 1MFe2+ solution. Calculate the percentage of CuS in the original mixture (to nearest integer).

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Meq. of MnO4 added =200×0.75×5=750
Mn7++5eMn2+ (N=M×5)
Meq. of MnO4 left unused = Meq. of Fe2+ used=175×1×1=175
Fe2+Fe3++e (N=M×1)
Now, meq. of MnO4 used =750175=575
MnO4 is used for Cu2S and CuS.
For Cu2S:
(Cu+)22Cu2++2e
S2S4++6e
Cu2S2Cu2++S4++8e
For CuS:
S2S4++6e
Let masses of Cu2S and CuS be a and b respectively.
a+b=10 ...(i)
Meq. of MnO4 used = Meq. of Cu2S+ Meq. of CuS
575=a(159.28)×1000+b(95.66)×1000 ...(ii)
SolvingEqs.(i)and(ii),wegeta=4.206gandb=5.794g\therefore\:\%ofCuSinthemixture=\displaystyle\frac{5.794}{10}\times100=57.94\%$

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