A growing concern in agricultural and food chemistry is the presence of residues in food. We use many forms of organic chemicals in agriculture and food chemistry and there is growing concern as to how safe these materials are. Choose an organic chemical used in agricultural of food chemistry and report on the functional groups contained in your compound, the uses of the compound, and the safety of that compound.

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is a chemical which is used in agricultural of food chemistry.

Explanation:

Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) is a chemical that is used in types of different  food as food additives. The functional group that is present in Glutamate are carboxylic acid and amine. This chemical is used in different types of foods which is responsible for enhancing the taste of the food. Monosodium Glutamate is safe if it is used in moderate dose but adversely affected when it is used in large amount.

1. for the first question, we must find the mass of the anhydrous salt, mgso₄. the molar mass for mgso₄·7h₂o is 246.47 g/mol, while that of mgso₄ is 120.37 g/mol.7.834 g mgso₄·7h₂o * 1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o/246.47 g * 1 mol mgso₄/1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o * 20.37 g mgso₄/mol = 0.647 g mgso₄

2. mass of water = mass of sample - mass of anhydrous salemass of water = 7.834 - 0.647 = 7.19 gpercent water in hydrate = 7.19/7.834 * 100 = 91.74%