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Mole fraction of ethanol in ethanol water mixture is 0.254 .hence percentage concentration of ethanol by weight in mixture is.​

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Answered by chemisst
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Answer:

percentage concentration of ethanol by weight = 46 %

Explanation:

Given

Mole fraction of ethanol = X2 = 0.254

Mole fraction of water = X1 =1-0.254

percentage concentration of ethanol by weight = ??

Solution

molar weight of ethanol = mol.wt2= 46 g/mol

molar weight of water = mol.wt1= 18 g/mol

we can write

n1 = W1/18 ----------1

n2 = W2/46------------2

SIMILARLY

X1 = n1/ n1 + n2--------3

X2 = n2/ n1 + n2---------4

from eq 3 and 4 we get

X1 / X2 = n1 / n2

n1 / n2 = 0.746/ 0.254

from eq 1 and 2

W1/18 divided by W2/46 = 3/1

W1 X46/ W2 X18 = 3/1

W1/W2 = 3 X 18 / 46

W1/W2 = 1.17

percentage concentration of ethanol

percentage concentration of ethanol W2 = (W2 / W1 + W2) 100

% W2 =  (W2 / W1 divided by 1 + W2/W1 ) 100

putting values

% W2 = (1/1.17 divided by 1 + 1/1.17 ) 100

% W2 = 0.46 X 100

% W2 = 46 %

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