C4 - moles

  • number of moles = mass(g) / Ar
  • OR number of moles = mass(g) / Mr
  • Ar is the top number in the periodic table, if you use that number you are finding the moles for that one element
  • Mr is the mass of the whole formula when you use that number you are finding the weight in grams of the whole formula

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  1. how many moles are present in 2.2g of CO2

Ar C = 12 O = 16

Mr 12 + (16 x 2) = 44

no. of moles = 2.2 / 44 = 0.05 mol

Mr 14 + (1 x 3) = 14 + 3 = 17

23.9 / 17 = 1.41 mol

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  • the relative atomic mass of an element is the grams needed to make 1 mole (6.02 x 10^23 atoms), carbons Ar is 12 it means it takes 12g of carbon to make 1 mole. Oxygen has the Ar of 16 which means it takes 16g to make 1 mole.
  • number of moles = mass / Ar (in an element)
  • number of moles = mass / Mr (in a formula, so CO2, CaO, C6H12O6)
  • calculating the mass from the number of mols : first you have to rearrange the formula and you have mass = no. of mols x Mr OR Ar. Then you either find the Mr and substitute or you just substitute.
  • This method is necessary for more complex equations

 

  1. find the number of mols for each one

H2 = mass / Ar = 2g / 2 = 1mol

Cl2 = mass / Ar = 71g/71 = 1mol

HCl = mass / Mr = 73g / 36.5 = 2mol

  1. present equations with mols

1H2 + 1Cl2 → 2HCl

  1. try simplify it as much as possible, divide by the smallest number

1H2 = 1/1 = 1

1Cl2 = 1/1 = 1

2HCl = 2/1 = 2

  1. remove any 1’s in front as they are not needed

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 q1

  1. find mols

Al = 54g/27 = 2mols

FeO = mass/Mr = 216/ (56+16) = 3mols

Al2O3 = mass/Mr = 102/ 102 = 1mol

Fe = 168g/56 = 3mols

  1. 2Al + 3FeO → Al2O3 + 3Fe

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  1. find mols

BaCl2 = 1248g/ (137 + (35.5x2)) = 6mols

Al2(SO4)3 = (2xAl) + (Sx3) + (Ox12) = 54+96+192 = 684g/342 = 2mols

BaSO4 = 137 + 32 + 64 = 233 = 1398/233 = 6mols

AlCl3 = 133.5 = 534/133.5 = 4mols

  1. rewrite

6BaCl2 + 2Al2 → 6BaSO4 + 4AlCl3

  1. simplify (/2)

3BaCl2 + Al2 → 3BaSO4 + 2AlCl3d

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