While estimating the nitrogen present in an organic compound by Kjeldahl's method, the ammonia evolved from 0.25 g of the compound neutralized 2.5 mL of M H2SO4. The percentage of nitrogen present in organic compound is _________.

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Organic compound -> NH3

2 N H 3 + H 2 S O 4 ( N H 4 ) 2 S O 4  

No. of millimoles of NH3 = 2 * no. of milimoles of H2SO4

= 2 * 2 * 2.5

= 10 milimoles

= No. of milimoles of N

Mass of nitrogen =  1 0 1 0 0 * 1 4 = 0 . 1 4 g m

% of Nitrogen in compound =  0 . 1 4 0 . 2 5 * 1 0 0

= 56%

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