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1.
A student reacted 5.00 g of magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) with excess hydrochloric acid (HCl). The reaction produced 1.00 L of carbon dioxide (CO2) at room temperature and pressure. Calculate the mass of magnesium oxide (MgO) produced.
Solution:
- Write the balanced chemical equation:
MgCO3(s) + 2HCl(aq) → MgCl2(aq) + CO2(g) + H2O(l)
- Calculate the moles of CO2 produced:
Using the ideal gas law (PV = nRT), where P = 1 atm, V = 1.00 L, R = 0.0821 L atm/mol K, and T = 298 K, we can calculate the number of moles of CO2.
n(CO2) = PV / RT = (1 atm * 1.00 L) / (0.0821 L atm/mol K * 298 K) = 0.0414 mol
- Determine the moles of MgCO3 reacted:
From the balanced equation, 1 mole of MgCO3 produces 1 mole of CO2. Therefore, n(MgCO3) = 0.0414 mol.
- Calculate the moles of MgO produced:
From the balanced equation, 1 mole of MgCO3 produces 1 mole of MgO. Therefore, n(MgO) = 0.0414 mol.
- Calculate the mass of MgO produced:
Molar mass of MgO = 24.31 g/mol + 16.00 g/mol = 40.31 g/mol
Mass of MgO = n(MgO) * Molar mass of MgO = 0.0414 mol * 40.31 g/mol = 1.67 g
2.
Question 2
The enthalpy of combustion of methane (CH4) is -890 kJ/mol. Using Hess's Law, calculate the enthalpy change for the following reaction:
C2H4(g) + H2(g) → C2H6(g)
Solution:
- Write the balanced chemical equation for the combustion of methane: CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(g). The enthalpy change for this reaction is -890 kJ/mol.
- We want to find the enthalpy change for: C2H4(g) + H2(g) → C2H6(g).
- Manipulate the given equation to obtain the desired reaction. We need to find a way to get C2H6(g) on both sides of the equation. We can do this by adding the given equation to the reverse of the desired reaction:
CH4(g) + 2O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(g)
C2H6(g) → C2H4(g) + H2(g)
Adding these two equations gives: CH4(g) + 2O2(g) + C2H6(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(g) + C2H4(g) + H2(g)
- Now, we can rearrange the equation to isolate the desired reaction: C2H4(g) + H2(g) → C2H6(g). The enthalpy change for this reaction is the same as the enthalpy change for the combustion of methane, which is -890 kJ/mol.
Answer: -890 kJ/mol
3.
The relative atomic mass of carbon is 12.01 amu and the relative atomic mass of oxygen is 16.00 amu. Calculate the empirical formula of glucose (C6H12O6).
Solution:
- Calculate the molar masses:
- Molar mass of C = 12.01 g/mol
- Molar mass of H = 1.01 g/mol
- Molar mass of O = 16.00 g/mol
- Calculate the mass percentages of each element in glucose:
- Mass of C in glucose = (6 x 12.01) = 72.06 g/mol
- Mass of H in glucose = (12 x 1.01) = 12.12 g/mol
- Mass of O in glucose = (6 x 16.00) = 96.00 g/mol
- Convert mass percentages to moles of each element:
- Moles of C = 72.06 g/mol / 12.01 g/mol = 6.00 mol
- Moles of H = 12.12 g/mol / 1.01 g/mol = 12.00 mol
- Moles of O = 96.00 g/mol / 16.00 g/mol = 6.00 mol
- Divide the moles of each element by the smallest number of moles:
- C: 6.00 mol / 6.00 mol = 1
- H: 12.00 mol / 6.00 mol = 2
- O: 6.00 mol / 6.00 mol = 1
- The empirical formula is CH2O.