Transcript The Mole

Stoichiometry
Molar Mass Calculations
molar mass
Grams
Moles
• When performing your conversions, you want to
make your diagonals the same unit so the units will
cancel out.
15.0 grams Al
1 mol
26.98 grams Al
Practice Problems
1) How many moles of carbon are in
26 g of carbon?
26 g C 1 mol C
= 2.2 mol C
12.01 g C
2) How many grams of carbon
are in 3.45 moles of carbon?
3.45 mol C 12.01 g C
1 mol C
= 41.4 grams C
Molar Mass Activity
Mole Ratios
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The mole ratios come from the balanced
coefficients in the equation.
They are required when changing from moles of
one compound to moles of a different compound
Example: How many moles of chlorine are
needed to react with 5 moles of sodium
2 Na + 1 Cl2  2 NaCl
5 moles Na 1 mol Cl2
2 mol Na
= 2.5 moles Cl2
Mole-Mass OR Mass to Mole
Conversions
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Most of the time, the answer will be in grams.
We use molar ratios to switch compounds, and
use molar mass conversion to get into grams.
Example: 5.00 moles of sodium will require how
many grams of chlorine?
2 Na + Cl2  2 NaCl
5.00 moles Na 1 mol Cl2 70.90g Cl2 = 177g Cl
2
2 mol Na 1 mol Cl2
Mass-Mass Conversions
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Most often we are given a starting mass
and want to determine the mass of a final
product .
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This is called the (theoretical yield)
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This is the most common type of
conversion, but we will see others.
Mass-Mass Conversion
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Ex. Calculate how many grams of ammonia
are produced when you react 2.00g of
nitrogen with excess hydrogen.
 N2 +
3 H2  2 NH3
2.00g N2
1 mol N2 2 mol NH3
28.02g N2 1 mol N2
= 2.44 g NH3
17.06g NH3
1 mol NH3
Limiting Reactant: Example
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10.0g of aluminum reacts with 35.0 grams of
chlorine gas to produce aluminum chloride. Which
reactant is limiting, which is in excess, and how
much product is produced?
2 Al + 3 Cl2  2 AlCl3
Start with Al:
10.0 g Al
1 mol Al
27.0 g Al
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2 mol AlCl3 133.5 g AlCl3
2 mol Al
1 mol AlCl3
= 49.4g AlCl3
Now Cl2:
35.0g Cl2
1 mol Cl2
71.0 g Cl2
2 mol AlCl3 133.5 g AlCl3
3 mol Cl2
1 mol AlCl3
= 43.9g AlCl3
Finding the Amount of Excess
By calculating the amount of the excess
reactant needed to completely react with
the limiting reactant, we can subtract that
amount from the given amount to find the
amount of excess.
 Can we find the amount of excess
potassium in the previous problem?
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Finding Excess Practice
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15.0 g of potassium reacts with 15.0 g of iodine.
2 K + I2  2 KI
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We found that Iodine is the limiting reactant. We
need to determine how many grams of
Potassium (excess) was used, then subtract!
15.0 g I2
1 mol I2
2 mol K
39.1 g K
254 g I2
1 mol I2
1 mol K
= 4.62 g K
USED!
15.0 g K – 4.62 g K = 10.38 g K EXCESS
Given amount
of excess
reactant
Amount of
excess
reactant
actually
used
Note that we started with
the limiting reactant! Once
you determine the LR, you
should only start with it!