sample of pure alumina hydrate was obtained from a bag of flame retardant. A 5.000 g sample of the material is heated carefully in a vacuum oven until no more mass was lost from the sample. After heating, the final weight of the material was 2.651 g. What is the percent water in alumina hydrate?    a. 46.9% b. 0.469% c. 57.6% d. Not enough information to calculate.

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A sample of pure alumina hydrate was obtained from a bag of flame retardant. A 5.000 g sample of the material is heated carefully in a vacuum oven until no more mass was lost from the sample. After heating, the final weight of the material was 2.651 g. What is the percent water in alumina hydrate? 
 
a. 46.9%
b. 0.469%
c. 57.6%
d. Not enough information to calculate.
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