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Boiling Point Elevation
14. Solutions / Boiling Point Elevation / Problem 3

Magnesium chloride is dissolved in 150.0 mL of water to make a 12.5% MgCl2 solution by mass. The solution has a density of 1.105 g/cm3. Calculate the mass of solute or solvent that must be added in order to make the boiling point of the solution 108.2°C. The van't Hoff factor of MgCl2 is 2.70.

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