Calculate the mass percentage of benzene (${{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}$ ) and carbon tetrachloride ($CC{{l}_{4}}$ ) if 22 g of benzene is dissolved in 122 g of carbon tetrachloride.
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Ans: Mass percentage is the ratio of the mass of the solute divided by the total mass of the solution multiplied by 100.
$Mass\%=\dfrac{mas{{s}_{solute}}}{mas{{s}_{solution}}}\times 100$
Here,
The mass percentage of both compounds is given as;
Mass percentage of ${{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}$= $\dfrac{mas{{s}_{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}}}}{mas{{s}_{{{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}}}+mas{{s}_{CC{{l}_{4}}}}}\times 100$
= $\dfrac{22}{22+122}\times 100$
= 15.28 %
Now, as the solution consists of only two components i.e., ${{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}$ and $CC{{l}_{4}}$.
Thus,
Mass percentage of $CC{{l}_{4}}$= 100 – 15.28
= 84.72%
Therefore, the mass percentages of ${{C}_{6}}{{H}_{6}}$ and $CC{{l}_{4}}$ are 15.28% and 84.72% respectively.