Learning Activity Sheet: General Chemistry 2 - W - 7
Learning Activity Sheet: General Chemistry 2 - W - 7
Learning Activity Sheet: General Chemistry 2 - W - 7
Stoichiometry
- Is a section of chemistry that involves using relationships between reactants and/or products in a
chemical reaction to determine desired quantitative data. In Greek, stoikhein means element and
metron means measure, so stoichiometry literally translated means the measure of elements.
- To calculate the quantity of a product, calculate the number of moles for each reactant. Moles of a
product are equal to the moles of a limiting reactant in one-to-one reaction stoichiometry. To find
product mass, moles must be multiplied by the product's molecular weight.
Limiting Reactant
- The reactant in a chemical reaction that limits the amount of product that can be formed. The reaction
will stop when all of the limiting reactant is consumed.
Excess Reactant
- The reactant in a chemical reaction that remains when a reaction stops when the limiting reactant is
completely consumed.
Example
1. 123 mL of a 1.00 M solution of NaCl is mixed with 72.5 mL of a 2.71 M solution of AgNO3. What is the
mass of AgCl(s) formed in the precipitation reaction?
AgNO3(aq)+NaCl(aq)AgCl(s)+NaNO3(aq)
- The next step, as in any calculation involving stoichiometry, is to determine our limiting reactant. We
can do this by converting both of our reactants into moles:
123 mL NaCl1 L/1000 mL1.00 mol NaCl1 L=0.123 mol NaCl
72.5 mL AgNO31 L/1000 mL2.71 mol AgNO31 L=0.196 mol AgNO3
- We can see from our reaction equation that AgNO3 and NaCl react in a 1:1 ratio. Because there are
fewer moles of NaCl present in solution, NaCl is our limiting reactant. We can now solve for the mass of
AgCl formed:
123 mL NaCl1 L/1000 mL1.00 mol NaCl/1 L1 mol AgCl/1 mol NaCl143 g/1 mol AgCl=17.6g AgCl,
- To sum up: we converted to each reactant's moles by using the given concentrations as conversion
factors, expressing molarity as mol/L; once we found our limiting reactant, we converted through to
grams of AgCl formed.
IV. QUIZ 1:
Answer the following questions. Show all work and report answers with units.
1. How many grams of aluminum are required to react with 35 mL of 2.0 M hydrochloric acid,
HCl? __ HCl + __ Al __ AlCl3 + __ H2
2. How many grams of sodium can be reacted with 750 mL of a 6.0 M solution of sulfuric acid, H2SO4?
__ Na + __ H2SO4 __ Na2SO4 + __ H2
3. If 45 mL of a 1.5 M AgNO3 is added to KCl how many grams of AgCl can be formed?
__ AgNO3 + __ KCl __ AgCl + __ KNO3
4. How many liters of a 0.75 M solution of Ca(NO3)2 will be required to react with 148 g of Na2CO3?
__ Ca(NO3)2 + __ Na2CO3 __ CaCO3 + __ NaNO3
5. How many liters of a 3.0 M H3PO4 solution are required to react with 4.5 g of zinc?
__ H3PO4 + __ Zn __ Zn3(PO4)2 + __ H2
6. How many milliliters of 0.10 M Pb(NO3)2 are required to react with 75 mL of 0.20 M NaI?
__ Pb(NO3)2 + __ NaI __ PbI2 + __ NaNO3
7. How many grams of solid BaSO4 will form when Na2SO4 reacts with 25 mL of 0.50 M Ba(NO3)2?
__ Ba(NO3)2 + __ Na2SO4 __ BaSO4 + __ NaNO3
8. If 525 mL of 0.80 M HCl solution is neutralized with 315 mL of Sr(OH)2 solution what is the molarity of the
Sr(OH)2? __ HCl + __ Sr(OH)2 __ SrCl2 + __ H2O
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