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Chemistry help?

Car batteries use solid lead and lead (IV) oxide with sulfuric acid solution to produce an electric current. The products of this reaction are lead(II) sulfate in solution and water.

I have to A. write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction and

B. Determine the mass of lead(II) sulfate produced when 25.0g lead reacts with an excess of lead(IV) oxide and sulfuric acid.

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  • 4 years ago

    A.

    Pb + PbO2 + 2 H2SO4 → 2 PbSO4 + 2 H2O

    B.

    (25.0 g Pb) / (207.21 g Pb/mol) x (2 mol PbSO4 / 1 mol Pb) x (303.2626 g PbSO4/mol) = 73.2 g PbSO4

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