The best description for the relationship between the products and the reactants in an exothermic reaction is C. The potential energy of the products is less than the potential energy of the reactants.
B. Electric current requires a specific path to follow.
Answer:
2.9 grams.
Explanation:
- From the balanced reaction:
<em>Mg + 1/2O₂ → MgO,</em>
1.0 mole of Mg reacts with 0.5 mole of oxygen to produce 1.0 mole of MgO.
- We need to calculate the no. of moles of (1.8 g) of Mg and (6.0 g) of oxygen:
no. of moles of Mg = mass/molar mass = (1.8 g)/(24.3 g/mol) = 0.074 mol.
no. of moles of O₂ = mass/molar mass = (6.0 g)/(16.0 g/mol) = 0.375 mol.
<em>So. 0.074 mol of Mg reacts completely with (0.074/2 = 0.037 mol) of O₂ which be in excess.</em>
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<em><u>Using cross multiplication:</u></em>
1.0 mole of Mg produce → 1.0 mol of MgO.
∴ 0.074 mol of Mg produce → 0.074 mol of MgO.
<em>∴ The amount of MgO produced = no. of moles x molar mass </em>= (0.074 mol)(40.3 g/mol) = <em>2.98 g.</em>
