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Chemistry question related to the Mole Concept, please help?

Our teacher gave us this problem which I have been trying to find the answer for hours now. I'm having problems with this because I wasn't present when they discussed this so I couldn't understand it much. Here's the problem..

"A chemist has 203g of Mg(OH)2 and 164g of HCl. The chemist wants to make these substances react to form MgCl2, which can be used for fireproofing. How much MGCl2 can be produced?"

Note: The 2's on the elements are subscripts.

If you have plans to answer this, I hope you'd be kind enough to explain how you got the answer.

Thanks!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Balanced equation:

    Mg(OH)2 + 2HCl → MgCl2 + 2H2O

    1mol Mg(OH)2 reacts with 2mol HCl

    Check for limiting reactant:

    Molar mass Mg(OH)2 = 58.3198 g/mol

    203g = 203/58.3198= 3.48mol Mg(OH)2

    This will require 6.96mol HCl

    Molar mass HCl = 36.453

    Mol HCl = 164/36.453 = 4.499mol HCl available

    You have insufficient HCl, which is the limiting reagent: Concentrate onl on HCl and MgCl2

    2mol HCl will produce 1mol MgCl2

    4.499mol HCl will produce 4.499/2 = 2.25mol MgCl2

    Molar mass MgCl2 = 95.2115 g/mol

    2.25mol MgCl2 = 2.25*95.2115 = 214.2g MgCl2

    Answer: You can produce 214.2g MgCl2

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    firstly you find which of the reactents are in excess by writing an equation and calculating the mole of each reactent,

    Mg(OH)2 + 2HCL ---> MgCl2 + 2H2O

    n(Mg(OH)2) = (mass of reactant) / (molar mass) = 203/ (24.3+32+2) = 3.5 mol

    n(HCL) = 164/36.5 = 4.5

    since Mg(OH)2 to HCL is a 1:2 ration, the HCL is the limiting reactant, thus you can use the mole ration in the equation to find how many mole of MgCl2 there is.

    1:1 ratio, therefore 3.5 mole of MgCl2 is formed, which equals in grams, mole x molar mass, 3.5 x 59.5 = 208 grams

    hope this is what your looking for!

    Source(s): year 11/12 chem
  • Bobby
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    we always start with an equation

    Mg(OH)2 + 2HCl = MgCl2 + 2H2O

    1 mole of the hydroxide r/w 2 mole sof the acid

    Molar mass of Mg(OH)2 is 58.32 g/mol so moles of Mg(OH)2 in 203 g = 203 / 58.32

    = 3.5 moles

    this can react with 7.0 moles of HCl

    Molar mass of HCl is 36.46 g/mol

    we have 164 g of HCl or 164 / 36.46 = 4.5 moles which is less than the amount the hydroxide could react with so the HCl is the limiting reagent and forms

    4.5 / 2 moles of the MgCl2 = 2.25 moles

    Molar mass of MgCl2 is 95.21 g/mol

    so mass of MgCl2 formed = 2.25 X 95.21 = 214.22 g

  • 5 years ago

    use the formulation pv = nRT, the place p is tension, v is quantity, n is the variety of moles of the gas, R is the gas consistent and T is the temperature in kelvin. resolve for V. each and everything different than "n" is given to you (considering the fact that its at rtp) to discover the variety of moles, evaluate that interior the reaction, for each 2 moles of zinc sulfide you react, you get 2 moles of sulfur dioxide. this suggests you get a million mole of product for each mole of reactants. meaning the variety of moles of the product is an identical because of the fact the variety of moles of the reactant. case in point, in case you reacted 10 moles of the zinc, you will get 10 moles of the sulfur. with the point to discover "n", all you would be able to desire to do is discover out how many moles of the zinc you had. zinc sulfide has an atomic mass of ninety seven. meaning there are ninety seven grams in a million mole. in case you have 9.7 grams, then you've a million/10ths of a mole of the the reactant, meaning you have a million/10 moles of the product. use a million/10 for "n".

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