Chemistry A-Level
Formula of a hydrated salt
What Formula of a hydrated salt means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Formula of a hydrated salt
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Found by determining the moles of anhydrous salt and the moles of water separately, then dividing both by the smaller to obtain the ratio.
Topics that use Formula of a hydrated salt
- Amount of substance (OCR A-Level)
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- amount of substance
- atom economy
- Atom economy and by-products
- Concentration in mol dm⁻³
- Converting between cm³ and dm³
- Converting between moles and number of particles
- Empirical formula
- Empirical formula mass and molecular formula multiplier
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