Washing soda, a compound used to prepare hard water for washing laundry, is a hydrate, which means that a certain number of water molecules are included in the solid structure. its formula can be written as na₂co₃⋅xh₂o, where x is the number of moles of h₂o per mole of na₂co₃. when a 3.837 −g sample of washing soda is heated at 25 ∘c, all the water of hydration is lost, leaving 1.42 g of na₂co₃.
what is the value of x?

moles H₂O = 10

Explanation:

The mass of Na₂CO₃⋅xH₂O is 3.837 g and the mass of Na₂CO₃ is 1.42g

Therefore the mass of xH₂O is 3.837 - 1.42 = 2.417 g

The molar mass of Na₂CO₃ is 106 g/mol and for H₂O is 18 g/mol

The moles of Na₂CO₃ and H₂O in the sample are:

Na₂CO₃ = 1.42 / 106 = 0.01340 moles

H₂O = 2.417 / 18 = 0.1343

Now using rule of three :

1 mole of Na₂CO₃ has x moles of H₂O

0.01340 moles of Na₂CO₃ has 0.1343 moles of H₂O

x = 1 * 0.1343 / 0.01340 = 10

specific gravity is the density of a substance divided by the density of water. since (at standard temperature and pressure) water has a density of 1 gram/cm3, and since all of the units cancel, specific gravity is usually very close to the same value as density

so "c" is the answer

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