Principles of General Chemistry
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780073402697
Author: SILBERBERG, Martin S.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.39P
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Interpretation: The mass of potassium chlorate needs to be determined that decomposes to potassium chloride.
Concept Introduction: An ideal gas equation is represented as follows:
Here, P is pressure, V is volume, n is number of moles, R is Universal gas constant and T is temperature of the gas.
Number of moles can be calculated from mass and molar mass as follows:
Here, m is mass and M is molar mass.
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