A sample of hydrated sodium phosphate has a mass of 190 g. Of this, 108 g is the mass of water of crystalisation. What is the molar mass of the hydrated sodium phosphate ?

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The molar mass of Na3PO4 is 164 g. 
Now as the given sample of weight 190 g contains 108 g of water or  6 molecule of hydrated water. 
The remaining weight of the sample is the weight of the sodium phosphate = 190 - 108 = 82 g 

This infers that the sample contain just half of molar weight of the Na3PO4
So, the molar mass of the hydrated sodium phosphate will be 480 g. Which contains 12 molecule of hydrated water. 
The formula of the hydrated sodium phosphate is Na3PO4.12 H2O .

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