Question

A sample of 0.0860 g of sodium chloride is added to 30.0 mL of 0.050 M silver nitrate, resulting in the formation of a precipitate. (a) Write the molecular equation for the reaction. (b) What is the limiting reactant in the reaction? (c) How many grams of precipitate potentially form?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is:

(a) $NaCl(aq)+AgNO_3(aq) \rightarrow AgCl(r) +NaNO_3 (aq)$

(b) NaCl

(c) 0.211 g

Explanation:

Given:

The mass of NaCl,

= 0.0860 g

The molar mass of NaCl,

= 58.44 g/mol

The volume of $AgNO_3$,

= 30.0 ml

or,

= 0.030 L

Molarity of $AgNO_3$,

= 0.050 M

Moles of NaCl will be:

= $\frac{Given \ mass}{Molar \ mass}$

= $\frac{0.0860}{58.44}$

= $0.00147 \ mol$

now,

Moles of $AgNO_3$ will be:

$= Molarity\times Volume$

$= 0.050\times 0.030$

$=0.0015 \ mol$

(a)

The reaction is:

⇒ $NaCl(aq)+AgNO_3(aq) \rightarrow AgCl(r) +NaNO_3 (aq)$

(b)

1 mole of NaCl react with,

= 1 mol of $AgNO_3$

0.0015 mol $AgNO_3$ needs,

= $0.00150 \ mol \ NaCl$

Available mol of NaCl < needed amount of NaCl

So,

The limiting reagent is "NaCl".

(c)

The precipitate formed,

= $0.00147\times \frac{1}{1}\times \frac{143.32}{1}$

= $0.211 \ g \ AgCl$