how The areas under the peaks on a gas chromatogram for a mixture of ethyl acetate and toluene were 85 "units" at 2.5 minutes el

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Ulleksa [173]

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how The areas under the peaks on a gas chromatogram for a mixture of ethyl acetate and toluene were 85 "units" at 2.5 minutes el

ution and 30 "units" at 3.2 minutes respectively. What was the composition of the mixture

Chemistry

1 answer:

nikitadnepr [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-27T15:03:02+03:00

nikitadnepr [17]2 years ago

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Answer:

74 % major, 26 % minor product

Explanation:

The total area under the peaks is

85 units + 30 units = 115 units

$\text{\% Major component} = \dfrac{\text{85 units}}{\text{115 units}} \times 100 \, \% = \mathbf{74 \, \%}\\\\\text{\% Minor component} = \dfrac{\text{30 units}}{\text{115 units}} \times 100 \, \% = \mathbf{26 \, \%}$