Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry
Stoichiometry
Mass Relationships in Chemical Reactions
Maurice Monjerezi
Stoichiometry is…
• Greek for “measuring elements”
Pronounced “stoy-key-om-i-tree”
Mass conservation
Atoms cannot be created or destroyed
Lavoisier, 1788
reactants products
Subscripts and coefficients give different information
IS NOT
2 grams Mg + 1 gram O2 makes 2 g MgO
The formation of HF gas on the macroscopic and molecular levels.
Information Contained in a Balanced Equation
mass (amu) 44.09 amu C3H8 + 160.00 amu O2 132.03 amu CO2 + 72.06 amu H2O
Amount (mol) H2 3
=
Amount (mol) NH3 2
14
Amounts of Reactants and Products
m 0.177 g
# moles n= n (BaSO4) = = 7.58 x 10-4 mol
M 233.37 g/mol
0.108 g Na2SO4
% Na2SO4 = x 100% = 87.6% Na2SO4
0.123 g sample
Summary of the mass-mole-number relationships in a
chemical reaction.
MASS(g) MASS(g)
of compound A of compound B
M (g/mol) of M (g/mol) of
compound A compound B
MOLECULES MOLECULES
(or formula units) (or formula units)
of compound A of compound B