ethyl mercaptan concentration in a mixture was determined by shaking a 2.0430-g sample with 50.00 mL of 0.01204 M I2 in a tightly stoppered flask:  2C2H5SH + I2 ---> C2H5SSC2H5 + 2I- + 2H+  The excess I2 was back-titrated with 18.23 mL of 0.01437 M Na2S2O3. Calculate the percentage of C2H5SH (MW = 62.13 g/mol). Millimoles of excess standard I2 solution is ___ 0.5239

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The ethyl mercaptan concentration in a mixture was determined by shaking a 2.0430-g sample with 50.00 mL of 0.01204 M I2 in a tightly stoppered flask: 

2C2H5SH + I2 ---> C2H5SSC2H5 + 2I- + 2H+ 

The excess I2 was back-titrated with 18.23 mL of 0.01437 M Na2S2O3. Calculate the percentage of C2H5SH (MW = 62.13 g/mol).

Millimoles of excess standard I2 solution is ___

  1. 0.5239
  2. 0.3400
  3. 0.2620 
  4. 0.1310 

             Millimoles of C2H5SH in the sample is ___ . 

  1. 0.9420
  2. 0.6800
  3. 0.4710 
  4. 0.2355

             Percentage of C2H5SH in the sample is ___ .

  1. 0.72 
  2. 2.86  
  3. 2.07 
  4. 1.43
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