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JEE Main 2020Solutions Question with Solution

JEE Main 2020 (08 Jan Shift 1)

Question

Ferrous sulphate heptahydrate is used to fortify foods with iron. The amount (in grams) of the salt required to achieve 10ppm of iron in 100kg of wheat is ____________.
Atomic weight: Fe=55.85;S=32.00;O=16.00

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 4.95
Correct answer
4.95

Step-by-step explanation

Formula of ppm is as follow-

ppm=weight of soluteweight of solution×106

10=MassofFe(ing)100×1000×106
Or mass fe =1g
FeSO4.7H2OM=278
56g in 1 mole
1g-156mole
156×278g=4.96g

PPM is a concentration term and its full form is "parts per million" and it also can be expressed as milligrams per liter (mg/L). This measurement is the mass of a chemical or contaminate per unit volume of water. 

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