Question

Calcium carbonate decomposes into calcium oxide and carbon dioxide. If 530 g of calcium carbonate decomposes, how many grams of carbon dioxide gas is produced?

Answer 1

Answer:

233 g

Explanation:

Let's consider the following reaction.

CaCO₃ → CaO + CO₂

We can establish the following relations:

• The molar mass of calcium carbonate is 100.09 g/mol.
• The molar ratio of calcium carbonate to carbon dioxide is 1:1.
• The molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44.01 g/mol

The mass of carbon dioxide produced from 530 g of calcium carbonate is:

$530gCaCO_{3}\frac{1molCaCO_{3}}{100.09gCaCO_{3}} ,\frac{1molCO_{2}}{1molCaCO_{3}} .\frac{44.01gCO_{2}}{1molCO_{2}} =233gCO_{2}$