A 3.000 gram sample of a hydrate compound containing Co, C_2O_4, and H_2O was combusted to give...
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A 3.000-gram sample of a hydrated compound containing Co, C2O4, and H_2O was combusted to give 1.316 g of Co_3O_4. What is the percentage of cobalt in the original sample?
Percent Composition
The composition of a compound can be expressed as a mass percentage. This is typically done if the chemical formula is not known and an elemental analysis has been performed. It can be useful to know the percentage of an element since that can also be used as a starting point in stoichiometric calculations if the molecular formula is unknown.
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View this answerThe molar mass of cobalt oxide is 240.7972 g/mol. The number of moles of cobalt oxide is
{eq}n = \frac {1.316}{240.7972} = 0.005465 {/eq} mol
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