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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

calculate the mole fraction of ethylene glycol in a solution containing 20% of C2H6O2 BY MASS? i tried for the solution but i am not getting the answer....

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
20% of ethylene glycol is present in 100% soln. that means,
20 gm of ethylene glycol is present in 100 gm of glycol soln.
Therfore,
the moles of ethylene glycol = > 20/62 => 0.322 mol.
moles of water => (100 – 20)/18 => 80/18 = 4.44 moles.
Mole fraction for ethylene glycol => 0.322/(0.322 + 4.44) => 0.06761