If your unknow solid has an impurity that is insoluble in cyclohexane, will this impurity result in the molar mass of the unknown solid being recorded as high, low, or unaffected? Explain.

Respuesta :

If your unknown solid has an impurity that is insoluble in cyclohexane the molar mass of the unknown solid being recorded as high.

What are impurities?

Impurities are chemical substances inside a certain amount of liquid, gas, or solid, but are different from the chemical composition of the material itself.

  • When the unknown solid (solute) contains an impurity that is insoluble in cyclohexane, the impurity will not dissolve in the cyclohexane (solvent) completely.

Also,  there will be an increase in molecular weight obtained because the mass of the solute would now include the actual mass of solute that is changing and the excess mass of the impurity from the unknown solid this will increase the molar mass.

Therefore, If your unknown solid has an impurity that is insoluble in cyclohexane the molar mass of the unknown solid is recorded as high.

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