Which question must be answered to complete the table below?
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Answer:
Not enough information to tell.
Explanation:
What is given?
Mass of Zn = 10.0 g,
Mass of HCl = 10.0 g,
Molar mass of Zn = 65.4 g/mol,
Molar mass of HCl = 36.4 g/mol,
Molar mass of ZnCl2 = 136.2 g/mol,
Molar mass of H2 = 2 g/mol.
Step-by-step solution:
First, let's convert 10.0 g of each reactant to moles using their respective molar mass:
Now, let's identify what is the limiting reactant. Let's see how many moles of ZnCl2 can be produced by 0.153 moles of Zn if 1 mol of Zn reacted produces 1 mol of ZnCl2, and how many moles of ZnCl2 can be produced by 0.275 moles of HCl if 2 moles of HCl reacted produces 1 mol of ZnCl2:
You can realize that the limiting reactant, in this case, is HCl because is the first reactant consumed first and this reactant 'impose' the limit to produce the products.
So now, let's find how many moles of H2 are being produced by 0.275 moles of HCl if 2 moles of HCl reacted produces 1 mol of H2:
The final step is to convert each number of moles of each product to grams using their respective molar mass, as follows:
We're producing 18.8 g of zinc chloride (ZnCl2), and 0.276 g of hydrogen (H2), so based on this logic the answer would be not enough information to tell.