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Chemistry Forums for Students => High School Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: aimz_186 on February 05, 2006, 08:01:57 PM
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HEy guys,
having trouble with this....
2Al(OH)3 + 3H2SO4 goes to Al2SO3 + 6H20
If 15.0g of Al(OH)2 and 20.0g of H2SO4 are mixed together, the number of grams of Al(OH)3 left unreated at the end of the reaction is;
a)0
b)4.4g
c)10.6g
d)11.7g
So far i have only worked out the moles of Al(OH)3 is 0.1923
and the moles of H2SO4 is .20389
from there im stuck... thanks in advance for any help
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Use stoichiometry. For every 2 moles of Aluminum Hydroxide, 3 moles of Sulfuric acid reacts. You can use dimensional analysis to find out the amount of Aluminum Hydroxide reacted:
.20389 mol H2SO4 x 2 mol Al(OH)3
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3 mol H2SO4
Then just substract this amount from the initial amount of Aluminum Hydroxide and use molar mass to convert it back to grams.
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Al2SO3 should be Al2(SO4)3
You can replace moles by masses of reactants. Since there is indicated which is a limiting reactant, you cen lay down the following equation
x/156 = 20/294 (note x is a mass of reacted Al(OH)3 )