A sample of rock containing magnesite, MgCO3, was dissolved in hydrochloric acid, and the carbon dioxide gas

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A sample of rock containing magnesite, MgCO3, was dissolved in hydrochloric acid, and the carbon dioxide gas that evolved was collected. If a 0.1504-g sample of the rock gave 37.71 mL of dry carbon dioxide gas at 758 mmHg and 22oC, what was the mass percentage of MgCO3 in the rock?
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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