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  • Jul 5, 2009, 11:31 PM
    justinefabro
    Mmoles of water in calcium chloride hexahydrate
    How many millimoles of water are the in 500mg of calcium chloride hexahydrate?
  • Jul 6, 2009, 06:28 AM
    Perito

    The problem boils down to determining the molecular weight (grams / mole) of calcium chloride hexahydrate. This is the chemical formula. Note that Calcium is divalent and chloride is univalent. Also, the water is loosely bound.



    Does that give you some idea about how to solve this?

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