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

While estimating the nitrogen present in an organic compound by Kjeldahl's method, the ammonia evolved from \(0.25\,g\) of the compound neutralized \(2.5\,mL\) of \(2\,M\,H _{2} SO _{4}\). The percentage of nitrogen present in organic compound is \(......\)

  1. A \(55\)
  2. B \(56\)
  3. C \(54\)
  4. D \(53\)
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(B) \(56\)

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\(\% N =\frac{1.4\left( N _{1} V _{1}\right)}{\text { mass of organic compound }}\) \(\% N =\frac{1.4(2.5 \times 2 \times 2)}{0.25}=56\)
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