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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 11 - 8.3. Organic chemistry purification and characterization

In Dumas' method for estimation of nitrogen 0.4 g of an organic compound gave 60 mL of nitrogen collected at 300 K temperature and 715 mm Hg pressure. The percentage composition of nitrogen in the compound is what?
(Given : Aqueous tension at \(300 \mathrm{~K}=15 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg}\))

  1. A \(15.71 \%\)
  2. B \(20.95 \%\)
  3. C \(17.46 \%\)
  4. D \(7.85 \%\)
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(A) \(15.71 \%\)

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\(\text { Pressure of } \mathrm{N}_2 \text { gas evolved } =715-15 \\ =700 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg} \\ =\frac{700}{760} \mathrm{~atm}. \)…
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