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natalie01
09-24-2009, 05:21 PM
Hello,
I need some help with figuring out this question. I sort of forget chemistry formulae and concepts, so at the moment i don't exactly know how to go about solving this question...
here it is:

A 20.0 mL solution of 0.200 M Na2SO4 is added to 10 mL water sample containing and unknown concentration of BaCl2 that was concentrated by 100 fold. After filtration of the solution, 0.78 g of the insoluble BaSO4 is obtained.
1) Provide a balanced chemical equation
2) Determine the concentration of Ba^2+ from the sample taken.

Help is much appreciated :) Thank-you!

natalie01
09-24-2009, 05:24 PM
So firstly, is this correct?

1) Na2SO4 + H20 + Ba^+ -----> BaSO4 + H20 + 2Na

2) i Have no idea what to do first.....