Is this a multiple choice question? if it is you can show me the answers and then I can figure it out.
The valence electrons determine how reactive an element is, and since Sodium and other alkali metals could easily lose an electron, they become very reactive to be stable.
Answer:
13.5 * 10^-2 g
Explanation:
What we know:
Balanced Equation: 3Ba+Al2(SO4)3 -->2Al+3BaSO4,
Grams of Ba: 1
Grams of Al2(SO4)3: 1.8g
Calculate the # of moles of Ba and Al2(SO4)3:
1g Ba/137.3 = 7.3 *10^-3 mol Ba
1.8g Al2(SO4)3/ 342 = 5.3 *10^-3 mol Al2(SO4)3
Find the limiting reactant:
Ba has a coefficient of 3 in the balanced equation, so we divide the # of moles of Ba by 3 to get... 7.3 *10^-3 mol Ba/3 = 2.43 *10^-3
Al2(SO4)3 has a coefficient of 1, so if we divide by 1, we get the same number of 5.3 *10^-3
2.43 *10^-3 is smaller than 5.3 *10^-3, therefore Ba is the limiting reactant.
finally, we just find the number of moles of Al
The ratio of Al to Ba is 2:3 so...
7.3 * 10^-3 * (2/3) = 5 *10^-3 mol Al
CONVERT TO GRAMS
5 *10^-3 mol Al * 27 = 13.5 * 10^-2 g
<u>Hope that was helpful! </u>
because since there are now 4 electrons(-) you can tell that it had 4 protons (+) before so -4+4 is 0 which makes it neutral. hope it helps.