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The solubility of acetanilide is 0.53g in 100mL of ice cold water, and 5.5 g in

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Question

The solubility of acetanilide is 0.53g in 100mL of ice cold water, and 5.5 g in 100mL of boiling water. what is fhe maximum percent recovery that can be achieved for the recrystalization of acetanilide from water?
The solubility of acetanilide is 0.53g in 100mL of ice cold water, and 5.5 g in 100mL of boiling water. what is fhe maximum percent recovery that can be achieved for the recrystalization of acetanilide from water?
The solubility of acetanilide is 0.53g in 100mL of ice cold water, and 5.5 g in 100mL of boiling water. what is fhe maximum percent recovery that can be achieved for the recrystalization of acetanilide from water?

Explanation / Answer

100mL of boiling water.contains 5.5 g acetanilide

Since the solubility of acetanilide is only 0.53g in 100mL of ice cold water, when this solution is cooled in ice cold water, 0.53 g will remain in solution and (5.5- 0.53) g = 4.97 g will crystallize out.

Percent recovery = (4.97 g/ 5.5g) x100 % = 90.36 %