A 5.5984 g sample of soil was analyzed for lead. The sample was digested in hot...

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A 5.5984 g sample of soil was analyzed for lead. The sample wasdigested in hot perchloric acid for 5 hours, cooled, filtered toremove insoluble silicates, transferred to a 250-ml volumetricflask and diluted to the mark with distilled water. A 50.00-mlportion of the resulting solution was treated with phosphoric acid(H3PO4) forming 0.0862 g of precipitate. Whatwas the weight % of lead?

                 3 Pb2+ + 2 PO43- ®Pb3(PO4)2(s)

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precipitate Pb3PO42 formed 00862 g Precipitate moles mass Molar mass of it where Pb3PO42 has molar mass    See Answer
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