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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

3 g of metal carbonate on decomposition gives 1.8g of Metal Oxide. Calculate equivalent weight of the metal.

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 Years ago
HELLO,
Let M be the metal 
so we have from the data that,
MCO3 = 3gms
MO = 1.8gms
So let X be the weight of metal M 
So we get,
(X + 12 + 48) / 3 = (X + 16)/1.8
by solving the equation we get,
 X = 50
So molecular weight of the metal = 50
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