When 500.0 g of water is decomposed by electrolysis and the yield of hydrogen is only 75.3%, how much hydrogen chloride can be m
ade if the yield of hydrogen chloride in the second reaction is 69.8%? Oxygen and chlorine and in excess. 2H₂O → 2H₂ + O₂ 75.3 % yield
H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl 69.8% yield
The amount of hydrogen chloride that can be made is 1064 g
Why?
The two reactions are:
2H₂O → 2H₂ + O₂ 75.3 % yield
H₂ + Cl₂ → 2HCl 69.8% yield
We have to apply a big conversion factor to go from grams of water (The limiting reactant), to grams of HCl, the final product. We have to be very careful with the coefficients and percentage yields!
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