Chapter 5: Problem 24
Avogadro's number, molar mass, and the chemical formula of a compound are three useful conversion factors. What unit conversions can be accomplished using these conversion factors?
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Chapter 5: Problem 24
Avogadro's number, molar mass, and the chemical formula of a compound are three useful conversion factors. What unit conversions can be accomplished using these conversion factors?
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Phosphorus can be prepared from calcium phosphate by the following reaction: $$\begin{aligned}2 \mathrm{Ca}_{3}\left(\mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)_{2}(s)+6 \mathrm{SiO}_{2}(s)+& 10 \mathrm{C}(s) \longrightarrow \\\& 6 \mathrm{CaSiO}_{3}(s)+\mathrm{P}_{4}(s)+10 \mathrm{CO}(g) \end{aligned}$$ Phosphorite is a mineral that contains \(\mathrm{Ca}_{3}\left(\mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)_{2}\) plus other non-phosphorus- containing compounds. What is the maximum amount of \(\mathrm{P}_{4}\) that can be produced from \(1.0 \mathrm{kg}\) of phosphorite if the phorphorite sample is \(75 \% \mathrm{Ca}_{3}\left(\mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)_{2}\) by mass? Assume an excess of the other reactants.
Ammonia is produced from the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen according to the following balanced equation: $$\mathrm{N}_{2}(g)+3 \mathrm{H}_{2}(g) \longrightarrow 2 \mathrm{NH}_{3}(g)$$ a. What is the maximum mass of ammonia that can be produced from a mixture of \(1.00 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{g} \mathrm{N}_{2}\) and \(5.00 \times 10^{2} \mathrm{g} \mathrm{H}_{2} ?\) b. What mass of which starting material would remain unreacted?
Commercial brass, an alloy of Zn and Cu, reacts with hydrochloric acid as follows: $$\mathrm{Zn}(s)+2 \mathrm{HCl}(a q) \longrightarrow \mathrm{ZnCl}_{2}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{2}(g)$$ (Cu does not react with HCl.) When 0.5065 g of a certain brass alloy is reacted with excess \(\mathrm{HCl}, 0.0985 \mathrm{g}\) \(\mathrm{ZnCl}_{2}\) is eventually isolated. a. What is the composition of the brass by mass? b. How could this result be checked without changing the above procedure?
Balance the following equations: a. \(\mathrm{Ca}(\mathrm{OH})_{2}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{PO}_{4}(a q) \rightarrow \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(l)+\mathrm{Ca}_{3}\left(\mathrm{PO}_{4}\right)_{2}(s)\) b. \(\mathrm{Al}(\mathrm{OH})_{3}(s)+\mathrm{HCl}(a q) \rightarrow \mathrm{AlCl}_{3}(a q)+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}(l)\) c. \(A g N O_{3}(a q)+H_{2} S O_{4}(a q) \rightarrow A g_{2} S O_{4}(s)+H N O_{3}(a q)\)
In using a mass spectrometer, a chemist sees a peak at a mass of \(30.0106 .\) Of the choices \(^{12} \mathrm{C}_{2}\) \(^{1} \mathrm{H}_{6},\) \(^{12} \mathrm{C}\) \(^{1} \mathrm{H}_{2}\) \(^{16} \mathrm{O},\) and \(^{14} \mathrm{N}^{16} \mathrm{O},\) which is responsible for this peak? Pertinent masses are \(^{1} \mathrm{H}\), \(1.007825 ;^{16} \mathrm{O}, 15.994915 ;\) and \(^{14} \mathrm{N}, 14.003074.\)
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