Chemistry, asked by Vidhibhatia, 1 year ago

4g of metal oxide contains 1.6g of oxygen. What is the equivalent weight of metal

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Answered by pokémon967

The metal oxide is MgO sice the mass of magnesium is 24 g and mass of oxygen is 16 g.
Here, 40 g of MgO contains 16 g of Oxygen and hence, 4 g of MgO will contain 1.6 g of oxygen.
Since, Mg is a divalent metal, hence, the equivalent mass of Mg2+ is 24/2 = 12 g

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