Question

Equivalent mass of a metal is 20. How much of the metal will react with chlorine to give 5.9g of metallic chloride​

Answer 1

Answer:

The equivalent mass of a certain bivalent metal is 20. The molecular mass of bivalent metal will be double of the equivalent mass. It will be 2×20=40.

The metal is bivalent. So 1 mole of metal atoms will combine with 2 moles of chlorine atoms.

M+Cl

2

→MCl

2

The atomic mass of chlorine is 35.5 g/mol.

The molecular mass of its anhydrous chloride will be 40+2(35.5)=111 g/mol.