Chapter 13, Problem 13.73P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The mole fraction and mass percent of $\text{KI}$ are to be determined.

Concept introduction:

The mole fraction is defined as the ratio of the number of moles of solute to the total number of moles in the mixture. It is represented by $X$.

The formula to calculate the mole fraction is as follows:

$\text{Mole}\text{fraction}\left(X\right)=\frac{\text{amount}\left(\text{mol}\right)\text{of}\text{solute}}{\text{amount}\left(\text{mol}\right)\text{of}\text{solute}+\text{amount}\left(\text{mol}\right)\text{of}\text{solvent}}$ (1)

Mass percent is defined as the mass of a component divided by the total mass of the mixture, multiplied by 100.

The formula to calculate the mass percent is as follows:

$\text{Mass}\text{percent}=\left(\frac{\text{mass}\text{of}\text{solute}}{\text{mass}\text{of}\text{solution}}\right)100$ (2)