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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

find the gold number if 2gm of lyophilic sol required to prevent coagulation of 100ml of gold sol on addition of 50% 5 ml NaCl

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
7 Years ago
Gold number = (weight in mg)*percentage added/(volume in ml of solution)
G.N = 2000*50/100 = 1000.
Hence gold number for  lyophilic sol  is 1000.