How do you make a YBCO?

Synthesis of a Superconductor. The YBa2Cu3O7-x is prepared by grinding the reactants together, strongly heating "calcinating" at 900–950 °C for 8-12 hours, pelletizing the powder mixture, heating or "sintering" the pellet at 950 °C for 12 or more hours, then maintaining the product at 500°C for 12-16 hours.

1. for the first question, we must find the mass of the anhydrous salt, mgso₄. the molar mass for mgso₄·7h₂o is 246.47 g/mol, while that of mgso₄ is 120.37 g/mol.7.834 g mgso₄·7h₂o * 1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o/246.47 g * 1 mol mgso₄/1 mol mgso₄·7h₂o * 20.37 g mgso₄/mol = 0.647 g mgso₄

2. mass of water = mass of sample - mass of anhydrous salemass of water = 7.834 - 0.647 = 7.19 gpercent water in hydrate = 7.19/7.834 * 100 = 91.74%