Once a chemical bond is formed, the atoms are rearranged to form a stronger bond, affecting the hardness, malleability, etc. The stronger the bond, the easier a substance will break, or, if its a liquid, it will resist seperation.
“Bonding molecular orbitals are formed by... in-phase combinations of atomic wave functions, and electrons in these orbitals stabilize a molecule.”
The chemical reaction would be as follows:
<span>2Na + S → Na2S
We are given the amount of the reactants to be used in the reaction. We use these to calculate the amount of product. We do as follows:
45.3 g Na ( 1 mol / 22.99 g ) = 1.97 mol Na
105 g S ( 1 mol / 32.06 g ) = 3.28 mol S
The limiting reactant would be Na. We calculate as follows:
1.97 mol Na ( 1 mol Na2S / 2 mol Na ) (78.04 g / mol ) = 76.87 g Na2S produced</span>
