Q.

A 400 mg iron capsule contain 100mg of ferrous fumarate C4H2O4Fe .The percentage of Fe is approximately: 

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a

25%

b

33%

c

14%

d

8%

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

Gram molecular weight if ferrous fumerate =12×4+2×1+4×16+56=170 gram per mole 

Therefore 170g of ferrous fumerate contain 56g of Fe

Then 100g of ferrous fumerate contain 100×56170=32.9 g of Fe

Then 100mg of ferrous fumerate contain = 32.9 mg of Fe

Therefore, percentage of Fe in the iron capsule = 32.9400×100=8.22 

 

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