Sodium sulfite titrated with a 0.3250 m solution of potassium permanganate. If 85.40 ml of permanganate solution was required to fully react with the sulfite, what was the initial mass of sodium sulfite in the tested sample? Assuming that the sample of sodium sulfite in 150.00 ml of water, what would that final pH of the solution be?

a. the law of proportion states the combination of 2 atoms in a specific ratio to produce multiple compounds such as the given statement of question ‘1st compound contains 88.8 % cu ’ indicates 88.8 g of cu is present along with 11.2 g oxygen in 100 g of compound whereas the statement ‘2st compound contains 79.9 % cu ’ indicates 79.9 g of cu is present along with 20.1 g oxygen in 100 g of compound

1st compound contains 88.8 g cu

for cu

m = 63 g /mol

atomic % = 88.8 /63 = 1.42

for o

m = 16 g /mol

atomic % = 11.2 /16 = 0.7

b. the emperical formula of 1st compound is

cu1.4o0.7

cu2o