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Moles Present in Hydrated Sulphate?

How many moles of water are present in 5g of the hydrated sulphate M2S04.10H2O. The RMM of the salt is 200g mol^-1


I have no idea where to begin with this. Can someone please help me work this out. I need to get this sorted asap. :smile:
(edited 10 years ago)
Original post by Arg
I have no idea where to begin with this. Can someone please help me work this out. I need to get this sorted asap. :smile:


You are told that the Mr = 200 and you can see from the formula that there are 10 water molecules per formula unit.

Hence in 200g there are 10 moles of water.

So how many moles of water in 5g?

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