The coagulation of 100 mL of a colloidal sol of gold is completely prevented by addition of 0.03 g of haemoglobin to it before adding 1 mL of 10%NaCl solution. Calculate the gold number of haemoglobin.
A
4
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B
8
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C
3
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D
9
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Solution
The correct option is C3 Haemoglobin added to 100 mL of gold sol to prevent coagulation by 1 mL of 10%NaCl sol =0.03 g =30 mg.
Haemoglobin required to be added to 10 mL of gold sol to prevent coagulation by 1 mL of 10%NaCl sol =3 mg. Therefore, gold number of haemoglobin is 3.