Sunday, February 12, 2012

How to calculate the percentage purity of limestone?

Acid reacts with limestone to form calcium salts.A piece of limestone weighing 23g reacts completely with 100 cm3 of 1.0 mol dm-3 ethanoic acid.What is the percentage purity of the piece of limestone?How to calculate the percentage purity of limestone?
I think it would be the answer:
CaCO3+2CH3COOH---------%26gt; Ca(CH3COOH)2 + H2CO3
molar mass of CaCO3 is 100
P/100 x (23/100)=(0.1 x 1)/2
P=21.73%

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