Question

How much potassium chloride, KCI, is produced during the decomposition of 100.0 grams of potassium chlorate KCIO3? Please show steps thnx

Answer 1

Answer: the reaction will produce 15.3 g of
KCl.

explanation:
1. write the balanced equation.
2KClO
3
→
2KCl
+
3O
2

2. calculate the moles of
KClO
3
.
Moles of KClO
3
=
25.0
g KClO
3
×
1 mol KClO
3
122.55
g KClO
3
=
0.2046 mol KClO
3

3. calculate the moles of
KCl
.
Moles of KCl
=
0.2046
mol KClO
3
×
2 mol KCl
2
mol KClO
3
=
0.2046 mol KCl

4. calculate the mass of
KCl
.
Mass of KCl
=
0.2046
mol KCl
×
74.55 g KCl
1
mol KCl
=
15.3 g KCl