A solution containing 0.402 49 g of CoCl2 ? xH2O (a solid with an unknown number of waters of hydration) was exhaustively electrolyzed to deposit 0.099 37 g of metallic cobalt on a platinum cathode by the reaction Co21 1 2e2¡Co1s2. Calculate the number of moles of water per mole of cobalt in thereagent. A good approach is to find moles of Co, moles of CoCl2, mass of CoCl2, and, by difference, mass of H2O in the sample.

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A solution containing 0.402 49 g of CoCl2 ? xH2O (a solid with an unknown number of waters of hydration) was exhaustively electrolyzed to deposit 0.099 37 g of metallic cobalt on a platinum cathode by the reaction Co21 1 2e2¡Co1s2. Calculate the number of moles of water per mole of cobalt in the
reagent. A good approach is to find moles of Co, moles of CoCl2, mass of CoCl2, and, by difference, mass of H2O in the sample.

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