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29.5 mg of an organic compound containing nitrogen was digested according to Kjeldahl's method and the evolved ammonia was absorbed in 20mL of 0.1MHCl solution. The excess of the acid required 15 mL of 0.1MNaOH solution for complete neutralization. The percentage of nitrogen in the compound is

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a

29.5

b

59.0

c

47.4

d

23.7

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Amount of NaOH consumed= Amount of HCI unreacted

n=VM=15×103L0.1molL=15×101mol

Amount of NH3 evolved =Amount of HCl reacted

= Amount of HCl taken to start with -Amount of HCl unreacted 

=20×103L0.1molL115×104mol=5×104mol

Mass of NH3 evolved =nM=5×104mol17gmol1=85×104g

Mass per cent of nitrogen in the compound is

MNMNH3mNH3mcompound ×100=14gmol117gmol185×104g29.5×103g(100)=23.7

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