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The 'roasting' of 100.0 g of a copper ore yielded 71.8 g pure copper. If the ore is composed of  Cu2S and CuS with 4.5% inert impurity, The percent of Cu2S in the ore is ab.c, then (a+b) - c value is 

Cu2S+O22Cu+SO2 and CuS+O2Cu+SO2

[Atomic masses Cu = 63.5, S = 32]

 

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Detailed Solution

Cu2Sx g+O22Cu+SO2

CuS(95.5x)g+O2Cu+SO2

2×x159+(95.5x)95.5=71.863.51.2x+95.5x=108x=62.5g

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The 'roasting' of 100.0 g of a copper ore yielded 71.8 g pure copper. If the ore is composed of  Cu2S and CuS with 4.5% inert impurity, The percent of Cu2S in the ore is ab.c, then (a+b) - c value is Cu2S+O2⟶2Cu+SO2 and CuS+O2⟶Cu+SO2[Atomic masses Cu = 63.5, S = 32]