When a sample (0.6271 g) of impure magnesium chloride (MgCl2, MM = 95.211) was dissolved in water and treated with an excess of silver nitrate (AgNO3, MM = 137.874), 0.8449 g of silver chloride (AgCl, MM = 143.321) was precipitated. Calculate the percentage magnesium chloride in the original sample.  [You can assume no other reactions interfere with this precipitation reaction.]

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When a sample (0.6271 g) of impure magnesium chloride (MgCl2, MM = 95.211) was dissolved in water and treated with an excess of silver nitrate (AgNO3, MM = 137.874), 0.8449 g of silver chloride (AgCl, MM = 143.321) was precipitated. Calculate the percentage magnesium chloride in the original sample.  [You can assume no other reactions interfere with this precipitation reaction.]

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The reaction in which a precipitate is formed in the product is known as precipitation reaction. 

 

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