<u>Answer:</u> The balanced half reaction is written below.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Reduction reaction is defined as the chemical reaction in which an atom gains electrons. The oxidation number of the atom gets reduced during this reaction.
When oxygen gas is reduced to oxide ions, the number of electron transferred are 2
The chemical equation for the reduction of oxygen gas to oxide ions follows:
Hence, the balanced half reaction is written above.
Answer: 160 g Fe2O3
Explanation: solution attached.
First convert molecules to moles using Avogadro's number then convert to mass using the relationship between moles and molar mass of Fe2O3
First we need to calculate the number of moles of FeS:
number of moles = mass (grams) / molecular mass (g/mol)
number of moles of FeS = 198.2/120 = 1.65 moles
From the chemical reaction we deduce that:
if 4 moles of FeS produces 8 moles of SO
then 1.65 moles of FeS produces X moles of SO
X = (1.65×8)/4 = 3.3 moles of SO
Now we can calculate the mass of SO:
mass (grams) = number of moles × molecular mass (grams/mole)
mass of SO = 3.3×64 = 211.2 g