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Answer 1

Answer: 1. $2Al+3CuCl_2\rightarrow 2AlCl_3+3Cu$

2. 3 moles of $CuCl_2$ : 2 moles of $Al$

3. 0.33 moles of $CuCl_2$ : 0.92 moles of $Al$

4. $CuCl_2$ is the limiting reagent and $Al$ is the excess reagent.

5. Theoretical yield of $AlCl_3$ is 29.3 g

Explanation:

To calculate the moles :

$\text{Moles of solute}=\frac{\text{given mass}}{\text{Molar Mass}}$    

$\text{Moles of} Al=\frac{25.0g}{27g/mol}=0.92moles$

$\text{Moles of} CuCl_2=\frac{45.0g}{134g/mol}=0.33moles$

The balanced chemical equation is:

$2Al+3CuCl_2\rightarrow 2AlCl_3+3Cu$  

According to stoichiometry :

3 moles of $CuCl_2$ require = 2 moles of $Al$

Thus 0.33 moles of $CuCl_2$ will require=$\frac{2}{3}\times 0.33=0.22moles$  of $Al$

Thus $CuCl_2$ is the limiting reagent as it limits the formation of product and $Al$ is the excess reagent.

As 3 moles of $CuCl_2$ give = 2 moles of $AlCl_3$

Thus 0.33 moles of $CuCl_2$ give =$\frac{2}{3}\times 0.33=0.22moles$  of $AlCl_3$

Theoretical yield of $AlCl_3=moles\times {\text {Molar mass}}=0.22moles\times 133.34g/mol=29.3$

Thus 29.3 g of aluminium chloride is formed.