Sample of CaCO3 of 50% purity forms 0.56 g residue. Thus, sample weighs (g) :
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Solution
CaCO3→CaO+CO2 0.56 g of the residue (CaO) corresponds to 0.5656=0.01 moles. This is obtained from 0.01 moles of CaCO3 which corresponds to 0.01 mol ×100 g/mol ×0.5=2 g.