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Important compounds: NaOH, Na2CO3, NaHCO3, CaO, CaCO3, plaster of Paris
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Difficulty 2 of 3
sb181
How many moles of water are lost per mole of gypsum,
CaSO
X
4
⋅
2
H
X
2
O
, when it is converted completely into plaster of Paris?
A
1
B
2
C
2
3
D
2
1
Answer: C
Gypsum has 2 water molecules per formula unit and plaster of Paris has
2
1
. The loss is
2
−
2
1
=
2
3
mol per mole of gypsum.
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