Magnesium Sulphate Pentahydrate Lab Report

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The composition of water in magnesium sulphate pentahydrate using measured values is 46.0% water and 54.0% magnesium sulphate. The composition using defined values is 51.12% water and 48.83% magnesium sulphate. The hypothesis for the value of x was 6, and the experiment conducted also resulted in the value of 6 for the number of water moles to magnesium sulphate. However, the hydrated salt has 7 moles of water to 1 mole of magnesium sulphate, creating magnesium sulphate heptahydrate. This shows that there were experimental errors when conducting the experiment. One of the possible reasons why the calculations resulted in a different number was due to the hygroscopic nature of magnesium sulphate. As it is hygroscopic, the ionic compound continuously

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