Textbook Question
Treatment of 1.385 g of an unknown metal M with an excess of aqueous HCl evolved a gas that was found to have a volume of 382.6 mL at 20.0 °C and 755 mm Hg pressure. Heating the reaction mixture to evaporate the water and remaining HCl then gave a white crystalline compound, MClx. After dissolving the compound in 25.0 g of water, the melting point of the resulting solution was - 3.53 °C. (b) What mass of MClx is formed? (a) How many moles of H2 gas are evolved?