While estimating the nitrogen present in an organic compound by Kjeldahl's method, the ammonia evolved…

While estimating the nitrogen present in an organic compound by Kjeldahl's method, the ammonia evolved from 0.25 g of the compound neutralized 2.5 mL of 2MH2SO4. The percentage of nitrogen present in organic compound is _____ .

Solution

The equivalent of ammonia contains 14 grams of nitrogen. The number of equivalents of acid used is equal to number of equivalents of ammonia evolved.

Number of equivalents of acid used =Normality ×Volume in L

Hence, the percentage of nitrogen can be calculated form the following 

%N=1.4 N1V1 mass of organic compound 

% N=1.42.5×2×20.25=56

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (25 Jul Shift 1)

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