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An organic compoundcontains 69% carbon and 4.8% hydrogen, the remainder being oxygen. Calculatethe masses of carbon dioxide and water produced when 0.20 g of this substanceis subjected to complete combustion.



Answer -

Percentage of carbon inorganic compound = 69 %

That is, 100 g oforganic compound contains 69 g of carbon.

0.2 g of organic compoundwill contain 

Molecular mass of carbondioxide, CO2 = 44 g

That is, 12 g of carbonis contained in 44 g of CO2.

Therefore, 0.138 g ofcarbon will be contained in = 0.506 g of CO2

Thus, 0.506 g of CO2 willbe produced on complete combustion of 0.2 g of organic compound.

Percentage of hydrogenin organic compound is 4.8.

i.e., 100 g of organiccompound contains 4.8 g of hydrogen.

Therefore, 0.2 g of organiccompound will contain

It is known thatmolecular mass of water (H2O) is 18 g.

Thus, 2 g of hydrogen iscontained in 18 g of water.

0.0096 g of hydrogen willbe contained in of water

Thus, 0.0864 g of waterwill be produced on complete combustion of 0.2 g of the organic compound.

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