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Quick questions on Researching Chemistry: practical skills, apparatus and gravimetric analysis - SQA Higher Chemistry

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Explain what is meant by heating a hydrated salt to constant mass. [1 mark]
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State the difference between the accuracy and the precision of a set of results. [2 marks]
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A 3.59 g3.59 \text{ g} sample of hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO4xH2OMgSO_4 \cdot xH_2O, leaves 1.76 g1.76 \text{ g} of anhydrous MgSO4MgSO_4 (GFM=120.4GFM = 120.4) on heating to constant mass. The water is H2OH_2O (GFM=18.0GFM = 18.0). Find xx.

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