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In the estimation of sulphur by Carius method, 0.468 g of an organic sulphur compound afforded 0.668 g of barium sulphate. Find out the percentage of sulphur in the given compound.

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Total mass of organic compound = 0.468 g [Given]
Mass of barium sulphate formed = 0.668 g [Given]
1 mol of BaSO4 = 233 g of BaSO4 = 32 g of sulphur
Thus, 0.668 g of BaSO4 contains \(\frac{32\times 0.668}{233}g\) of sulphur = 0.0917 g of sulphur
Therefore, the percentage of sulphur = \(\frac{0.0197}{0.468}\times 100 =19.59\)%
Hence, the percentage of sulphur in the given compound is 19.59 %.

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