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JEE Main 202624 JanuaryMorning Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2026
Date
24 January
Shift
Morning Shift
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
General Organic Chemistry

JEE Main 2026 · 24 January · Morning Shift · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

In Dumas method for estimation of nitrogen, 0.50 g of an organic...

In Dumas method for estimation of nitrogen, 0.50 g of an organic compound gave 70 mL of nitrogen collected at 300 K and 715 mm pressure. The percentage of nitrogen in the organic compound is ____\_\_\_\_ \%.
(Aqueous tension at 300 K is 15 mm).

Correct answer

15

Step-by-step solution

Given data:
Mass of organic compound (ww) = 0.500.50 g
Volume of nitrogen gas (V1V_1) = 7070 mL
Temperature (T1T_1) = 300300 K
Total pressure = 715715 mm Hg
Aqueous tension = 1515 mm Hg
Pressure of dry nitrogen (P1P_1) = 715−15=700715 - 15 = 700 mm Hg
Convert the volume of nitrogen to STP conditions (P0=760P_0 = 760 mm Hg, T0=273T_0 = 273 K):
Using the combined gas law: P1V1T1=P0V0T0\frac{P_1 V_1}{T_1} = \frac{P_0 V_0}{T_0}
V0=P1V1T0P0T1=700×70×273760×300≈58.68V_0 = \frac{P_1 V_1 T_0}{P_0 T_1} = \frac{700 \times 70 \times 273}{760 \times 300} \approx 58.68 mL
At STP, 2240022400 mL of N2N_2 weighs 2828 g.
Mass of N2N_2 collected = 28×58.6822400\frac{28 \times 58.68}{22400} g
Percentage of nitrogen = Mass of N2Mass of compound×100\frac{\text{Mass of } N_2}{\text{Mass of compound}} \times 100
%N=28×58.6822400×0.50×100\% N = \frac{28 \times 58.68}{22400 \times 0.50} \times 100
%N=28×58.68112=58.684=14.67%\% N = \frac{28 \times 58.68}{112} = \frac{58.68}{4} = 14.67 \%
Rounding to the nearest integer, we get 1515.
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