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Magicians often use ‘flash powder’ in their acts. Flash powder contains 69.0% potassium chlorate (31.9% K, 28.9% Cl, 39.2% O) and the remainder is aluminium. Calculate the percentage composition by mass of each element in flash powder

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[tex]\rm K[/tex]: approximately [tex]22.0\%[/tex].

[tex]\rm Cl[/tex]: approximately [tex]19.9\%[/tex].

[tex]\rm O[/tex]: approximately [tex]27.0\%[/tex].

[tex]\rm Al[/tex]: [tex]31.0\%[/tex].

Explanation:

Consider a [tex]100\; \rm g[/tex] sample. There would be [tex]69.0\% \times 100\; \rm g = 69.0\; \rm g[/tex] of [tex]\rm KClO_{3}[/tex] and [tex]100.0\; \rm g - 69.0\; \rm g = 31.0\; \rm g[/tex] of [tex]\rm Al[/tex].

Out of that [tex]69.0\; \rm g[/tex] of [tex]\rm KClO_{3}[/tex]:

[tex]31.9\%[/tex] (by mass) would be [tex]\rm K[/tex]: [tex]31.9\% \times 69.0\; \rm g \approx 22.0\; \rm g[/tex].

[tex]28.9\%[/tex] (by mass) would be [tex]\rm Cl[/tex]: [tex]28.9\% \times 69.0\; \rm g \approx 19.9\; \rm g[/tex].

[tex]39.2\%[/tex] (by mass) would be [tex]\rm O[/tex]: [tex]39.2\% \times 69.0\; \rm g \approx 27.0\; \rm g[/tex].

Overall, the composition (by mass) of each element in this mixture would be:

[tex]\rm K[/tex]:

[tex]\begin{aligned} & \frac{31.9\% \times 69.0\; \rm g}{100\; \rm g} \\ =\; & 31.9\% \times 69.0\% \\ \approx \; & 22.0\%\end{aligned}[/tex].

[tex]\rm Cl[/tex]:

[tex]\begin{aligned} & \frac{28.9\% \times 69.0\; \rm g}{100\; \rm g} \\ =\; & 28.9\% \times 69.0\% \\ \approx \; & 19.9\%\end{aligned}[/tex].

[tex]\rm O[/tex]:

[tex]\begin{aligned} & \frac{39.2\% \times 69.0\; \rm g}{100\; \rm g} \\ =\; & 39.2\% \times 69.0\% \\ \approx \; & 27.0\%\end{aligned}[/tex].

[tex]\rm Al[/tex]:

[tex]\begin{aligned}& \frac{100\; \rm g - 69.0\; \rm g}{100\; \rm g} \\ =\; & 100\% - 69.0\% \\ =\; & 31.0\%\end{aligned}[/tex].

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