Question

The balanced equation shows how sodium chloride reacts with silver nitrate to form sodium nitrate and silver chloride. NaCl + AgNO3 mc006-1.jpg NaNO3 + AgCl If 4.00 g of NaCl react with 10.00 g of AgNO3, what is the excess reactant?

Answer 1

NaCl First calculate the molar mass of NaCl and AgNO3 by looking up the atomic weights of each element used in either compound Sodium = 22.989769 Chlorine = 35.453 Silver = 107.8682 Nitrogen = 14.0067 Oxygen = 15.999 Now multiply the atomic weight of each element by the number of times that element is in each compound and sum the results For NaCl 22.989769 + 35.453 = 58.44277 For AgNO3 107.8682 + 14.0067 + 3 * 15.999 = 169.8719 Now calculate how many moles of each substance by dividing the total mass by the molar mass For NaCl 4.00 g / 58.44277 g/mol = 0.068443 mol For AgNO3 10.00 g / 169.8719 g/mol = 0.058868 Looking at the balanced equation for the reaction, there is a 1 to 1 ratio in molecules for the reaction. Since there is a smaller number of moles of AgNO3 than there is of NaCl, that means that there will be some NaCl unreacted, so the excess reactant is NaCl