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Transcribed Image Text:The common laboratory solvent chloroform is often used to purify substances dissolved in it. The
vapor pressure of chloroform , CHCI3, is 173.11 mm Hg at 25 °C.
In a laboratory experiment, students synthesized a new compound and found that when 7.339
grams of the compound were dissolved in 176.5 grams of chloroform, the vapor pressure of the
solution was 170.01 mm Hg. The compound was also found to be nonvolatile and a non-
electrolyte.
What is the molecular weight of this compound?
chloroform
CHCI3 = 119.40 g/mol.
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MW
g/mol
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