AP Chemistry Question...HELP





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By Rsxman (Rsxman) on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 08:19 pm: Edit

Anyone now how to do the problem?

Manganese is a key component of extremely hard steel. The element occurs naturally in many oxides. A 542.3-g sample of a manganese oxide mixture has an Mn:O molar ratio of 1.00:1.42 and consists of braunite (Mn2O3) and manganosite (MnO).

What is the mass per cent of braunite in the ore?

I was thinking of taking the mole mass of braunite and divide that by the mass of mixture.

But that didn't give me the right answer.

Thanks!!!

By Theapprentice (Theapprentice) on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 02:53 am: Edit

make a system of equations
between the atomic weight of the braunite and manganosite(Weight1 X % + Weight2 X %) = 542..
the other equation ill let u think about....
it helps to struggle with these- i just understood them
hint: use the ratio@


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