How did James West impact their field? How would things be different in science today if James West had not accomplished what they did?

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James West impacted his field in an abundance of ways. For example, West and Sessler are credited as the inventors of the “foil electret microphone”. Without the creation of this compact microphone over 90 percent of all contemporary microphones – which includes those found in telephones, tape records, baby monitors and hearing aids would cease to exist today.

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%

if you're asking what comes out, it's steam.