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Old 04-29-2008, 11:24 PM
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Moles of anhydrous MgSO4 is the number of grams divided by the molecular mass:

2.5g / (24.3 + 32.1 + 64.0) = 2.5 / 120.4 = 0.0208 moles

The moles of water driven off is the mass of water driven off divided by the molecular mass of water:

2.5 / 18.0 = 0.139 moles

Round to the correct number of significant figures.
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