The reaction between methane gas and chlorine gas to form hydrogen chloride and carbon tetrachloride, all in their gaseous form can be expressed through the chemical reaction below.
CH₄ + 4Cl₂ --> 4HCl + CCl₄
Let us assume that all the involved gases behaves ideally such that each mole of the gas is equal to 22.4 L.
Through proper dimensional analysis, the volume of the produced hydrogen chloride is calculated, V(HCl) = (1.69 mL CH₄)(1 L CH₄/ 1000 mL CH₄)(1 mol CH₄/22.4 L CH₄)(4 mols HCl/1 mol CH₄)(22.4 L HCl/1 mol HCl)(1000 mL/1 L)
