Question

The oxide of a metal has 32% oxygen. It's
equivalent weight would be
(1) 34
(2) 32
(3) 17
(4) 16​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the metal oxide be 100g.

Weight of oxygen will be 32g.

W

O

2

=32g

So, the weight of metal will be 68g.

W

M

=68g

E

W

=

W

O

2

W

M

×8

=

32

68×8

Now, Equivalent weight E

W

=

weight of O

2

weight of oxide

×8=

W

O

2

W

M

×8

=

32

68×8

E

W

=544/32=17

So the equivalent weight of oxide =17.