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One way to express the concentration of oleum (fuming H2SO4 or H2S2O7, i.e., H2SO4+SO3) is in terms of % oleum. (100+X)% oleum means that X g H2O reacts with equivalent amount of SO3 to give oleum.

% of free SO3 in 109% oleum is:

A
10
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20
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30
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D
40
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Solution

The correct option is D 40
(100+X)%=109%
i.e., 9g of water react with equivalent amount of SO3 to give H2SO4.
H2O+SO3H2SO4
18 g H2O80 g SO3
9 g H2O40 g SO3,
i.e., % of free SO3

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