Edexcel A-Level Chemistry As 3 P18 Preparing Inorganic and Organic Compounds Topic Practice

A student carried out an experiment to identify the metal M in the hydrated carbonate $\mathrm{M}_{2} \mathrm{CO}_{3} \cdot 10 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$.

A solution was made by dissolving 3.56 g of the hydrated metal carbonate in distilled water and making the volume up to $250.0 \mathrm{~cm}^{3}$ in a volumetric flask.
$25.0 \mathrm{~cm}^{3}$ of this solution was placed in a conical flask and titrated with $0.100 \mathrm{~mol} \mathrm{dm}^{-3}$ of hydrochloric acid.

The equation for the reaction is

The titration was repeated without using an indicator.

Describe how you would obtain large, dry crystals of the metal chloride, MCl , from this titration solution.
Diagrams are not required.
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