0.1688 g organic compound when analyzed by the Dumas method yields 31.7 mL of moist nitrogen measured at 14º C and 758 mm mercury pressure. The % of the nitrogen in the organic compound (Aqueous tension at 14 º C =12 mm) is:
1. 30.9%
2. 10%
3. 40%
4. 21.9 %
Assertion (A): | Sulphur present in an organic compound can be estimated quantitatively by the Carius method. |
Reason (R): | Sulphur is separated easily from other atoms in the molecule and gets precipitated as a light yellow solid. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |