When sand is coated with a layer of trimethylhydroxysilane, (CH3)3SiOH, it repels water and can no longer get wet. Hydrophobic sand (aka, magic sand) is fun to play with, but it can also have useful applications in agriculture to reduce water consumption (Water Resour. Manag. 2010, 24, 2237–2246). Predict the geometry for the silicon atom in trimethylhydroxysilane. The geometry of the silicon atom in trimethylhydroxysilane is:

Gusing the milligrams of ascorbic acid you entered above, the ratio of total sample volume to aliquot volume, and the total milligrams of the vitamin c tablet that you dissolved, calculate the mass of ascorbic acid in the vitamin c tablet for each trial. do this by scaling up to find the amount (mg) of ascorbic acid in your 250 ml flask. enter your calculated mass of ascorbic acid in the vitamin c tablet, for each trial. be sure to enter your calculated mass in the corresponding order that you entered your milligrams of ascorbic acid. the milligrams of ascorbic acid you entered for entry #1 previously should correspond to the mass of ascorbic acid that you enter for entry #1 here.