Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
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Chapter 12 - Sections 12.1-12.8 - Exercises - Problems by Topic - Page 590: 68

Answer

Molality= $0.90\,m$ Mole fraction= $0.016$

Work Step by Step

Mass percent of NaCl= $5.0\%$ $\implies $ 100 g solution contains 5.0 g NaCl. Mass of water= $100\,g-5.0\,g=95\,g$ Molality= $\frac{\text{moles of solute}}{\text{mass of solvent in kg}}$ $=\frac{\frac{5.0\,g}{58.44\,g/mol}}{95\times10^{-3}\,kg}=0.90\,m$ Mole fraction of NaCl, $X_{NaCl}=\frac{n_{NaCl}}{n_{NaCl}+n_{H_{2}O}}$ $=\frac{\frac{5.0\,g}{58.44\,g/mol}}{\frac{5.0\,g}{58.44\,g/mol}+\frac{95\,g}{18.0\,g/mol}}$ $=0.016$
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