Answer:
Approximately 0.36 grams, because copper (II) chloride acts as a limiting reactant.
Explanation:
- It is a stichiometry problem.
- We should write the balance equation of the mentioned chemical reaction:
<em>2Al + 3CuCl₂ → 3Cu + 2AlCl₃.</em>
- It is clear that 2.0 moles of Al foil reacts with 3.0 moles of CuCl₂ to produce 3.0 moles of Cu metal and 2.0 moles of AlCl₃.
- Also, we need to calculate the number of moles of the reported masses of Al foil (0.50 g) and CuCl₂ (0.75 g) using the relation:
<em>n = mass / molar mass</em>
- The no. of moles of Al foil = mass / atomic mass = (0.50 g) / (26.98 g/mol) = 0.0185 mol.
- The no. of moles of CuCl₂ = mass / molar mass = (0.75 g) / (134.45 g/mol) = 5.578 x 10⁻³ mol.
- <em>From the stichiometry Al foil reacts with CuCl₂ with a ratio of 2:3.</em>
∴ 3.85 x 10⁻³ mol of Al foil reacts completely with 5.578 x 10⁻³ mol of CuCl₂ with <em>(2:3)</em> ratio and CuCl₂ is the limiting reactant while Al foil is in excess.
- From the stichiometry 3.0 moles of CuCl₂ will produce the same no. of moles of copper metal (3.0 moles).
- So, this reaction will produce 5.578 x 10⁻³ mol of copper metal.
- Finally, we can calculate the mass of copper produced using:
mass of Cu = no. of moles x Atomic mass of Cu = (5.578 x 10⁻³ mol)(63.546 g/mol) = 0.354459 g ≅ 0.36 g.
- <u><em>So, the answer is:</em></u>
<em>Approximately 0.36 grams, because copper (II) chloride acts as a limiting reactant.</em>
Answer: D) 
g
Explanation: The question asks to convert formula unit to grams. It is a unit conversion problem.
1 mole equals to Avogadro number of formula units. So, to convert the given number of formula units to moles, we need to divide by the Avogadro number. After this, we do moles to grams conversion and for this the moles are multiplied by the molar mass of the compound. Molar mass of AgCl is 143.32 gram per mol.
= g
So, the correct option is D) g
