Question

What happens to the reported percent water if the salt thermally decomposes yielding a volatile (gaseous)n product?

Answer 1

what kind of salt?

Answer 2

hydrated

Answer 3

so to clarify , a hydrated salt spontaneously decomposes into a volatile gaseous product?

Answer 4

im guessing. the question really doesnt say

Answer 5

just taking an educated guess then, the % of water reported would be less, because some of the water would be loss with the volatile gases