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When 0.5 g of an organic compound is heated with HNO₃ and AgNO₃ in a Carius tube, it gives 0.70 g of silver chloride. The percentage of chlorine in the compound is

Answer: (C)

Solution

%Cl = (35.5/143.5) × (0.70/0.5) × 100 = 0.2474 × 1.4 × 100 ≈ 34.6%.

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