A hydrated metal chloride contains 27.8%metal and 48.5% halogen by weight.Specific heat ofmetal (M) is 0.67jg^(-1) . What is the valency of the metal?

A hydrated metal chloride contains 27.8%metal and 48.5% halogen by wei

1.	A hydrated metal chloride contains 27.8%metal and 48.5% halogen by weight.Specific heat ofmetal (M) is 0.67jg^(-1) . What is the valency of the metal?
Answer» <html><body><p></p>Solution :<a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/specific-1220917" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about SPECIFIC">SPECIFIC</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/heat-21102" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about HEAT">HEAT</a> of M =0.67 `jg^(-1)` =0.16cal `g^(-1)` <br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/atomic-2477" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about ATOMIC">ATOMIC</a> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/mass-1088425" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MASS">MASS</a> of M = 6.4/0.16=40 <br/> Relative number of M atoms `=(27.8)/(40)=0.695` <br/>Relative number of Cl atoms `=(48.5)/(35.5)=1.37` <br/> Ratio of number of atoms, of M and C =0.695 :1.37=1:2 <br/> <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/formula-464310" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FORMULA">FORMULA</a> of metal chloride is `MCl_(2)` <br/> Valency of metal is 2</body></html>