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Iron reacts with chlorine gas to form iron (III) chloride. How many grams of iron(III) chloride are formed from 112g of iron?
Wondering if I did this right!
First balance: 3Fe + Cl ---> FeCl3 or 3Fe + 3Cl ---> FeCl3 *Not Sure*
Second Convert grams to mols: 112g/Fe to Mols = 2 mol/fe
Third Convert mols to gram: 2 mol/Fe * 162.204g/FeCl3 / 3 mol/Fe = 108.136 g/FeCl/3 round 108grams/FeCl3
Please do and let me know if this correct! Not sure if its the correct answer. All done in Dimensional Analysis
First let us balance the reaction
2Fe + 3Cl2 --> 2FeCl3
weight of iron used for above reaction = 112 grams of iron
Molar mass of iron =56
Moles of iron formed = weight of iron / molar mass of iron = 112/56 = 2 moles of iron
Now let us calculate grams of iron chloride formed
From reaction stoichiometry
2 moles of iron = 2 moles of iron chloride
Hence moles of iron chloride = moles of iron = 2 moles
Molar mass of iron chloride =162.2 grams/mole
Weight of iron chloride = moles of iron chloride * molar mass of iron chloride
= 2 *162.2 = 324.4 grams
Grams of iron chloride formed in the above reaction = 324.4 grams