PEC140 Introduction to Chemistry

STUDY BLOCK 4 Tutori! "uestions

1. To what does the stoichiometry of a reaction refer?
2. Aluminium reacts with oxygen to form aluminium oxide according to the following
equation:
4Als! " #$
2
g! 2Al
2
$
#
s!
%f you ha&e '.( mol of Al) how many moles of oxygen are required for the com*lete
reaction? +hat mass in grams! of Al
2
$
#
can ,e *roduced?
#. -latinum metal is used as the catalyst in car exhaust systems. The final ste* in the
manufacture of *latinum metal is a decom*osition reaction that *roceeds according to the
following equation:
#./
4
!
2
-t0l
'
s! #-ts! " 2./
4
0ls! " 2.
2
g! " 1'/0lg!
a! +hat mass of *latinum metal -t! can ,e o,tained from the decom*osition of 12.#1
g of ./
4
!
2
-t0l
'
?
,! %f 11.( g of /0l is *roduced ,y the decom*osition) what is the mass of ./
4
0l
*roduced?
4. Aluminium chloride Al0l
#
! is an inex*ensi&e reagent used in many industrial *rocesses. %t
is made ,y treating scra* aluminium with chlorine according to the following equation:
2Als! " #0l
2
g! 2Al0l
#
s!
%n an ex*eriment 2.2( g of Al is mixed with 4.(1 g of chlorine and allowed to react.
a! +hich chemical is the limiting reagent? 3how your wor4ing.
,! +hat is the maximum yield of Al0l
#
that can ,e o,tained in the a,o&e ex*eriment?
+hat term do we use to descri,e this amount?
c! 5sing the masses gi&en a,o&e) students conducted the a,o&e synthesis and) after
careful weighing) found that they had o,tained #.(( g of *roduct. +hat was their
*ercentage yield for the reaction?
1. The mixing of aqueous solutions of sodium iodate and sodium hydrogensulfite is used to
*roduce molecular iodine. The *rocedure also results in *roduction of sodium
hydrogensulfate) sodium sulfate and water and the o&erall 6molecular7 equation is
2.a%$
#
" 1.a/3$
#
#.a/3$
4
" 2.a
2
3$
4
" /
2
$ " %
2
0alculate the amount of iodine *roduced if #.((g of each of the starting materials are
allowed to react together.