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100 mL of a water sample contains 0.81 g of calcium bicarbonate and 0.73 g of magnesium bicarbonate. The hardness of this water sample expressed in terms of equivalents of CaCO3 is (molar mass of calcium bicarbonate is 162 g mol-1 and magnesium bicarbonate is  146 g mol-1)

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a

5,000 ppm

b

1,000 ppm

c

100 ppm

d

10,000 ppm

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

 neq(CaCO3)=neq[Ca(HCO3)2]+neq[mg(HCO3)2] W100×2=W1162×2+W2146×2
Hardness of water =  W100×106

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100 mL of a water sample contains 0.81 g of calcium bicarbonate and 0.73 g of magnesium bicarbonate. The hardness of this water sample expressed in terms of equivalents of CaCO3 is (molar mass of calcium bicarbonate is 162 g mol-1 and magnesium bicarbonate is  146 g mol-1)