Calculate the percentage of water of hydration in barium chloride crystals (the atomic weight of Ba is about 137.4 g/mol)?
1 Answer
14.75%
Explanation:
You'll need to start off by knowing the formula of the barium chloride crystals, which is barium chloride dihydrate,
When the 1 mole of hydrate crystals are heated, you will be left with 1 mole of the anhydrous crystal (
To calculate the percentage of water of hydration, we'll need to find the molar mass of water (
We can then proceed to calculating the percentage of water of hydration in barium chloride crystals: