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Aluminum chloride, AlCl3, is an inexpensive reagent used in many industrial processes. It is made by treating scrap aluminum with chlorine gas according to the following balanced chemical equations:
2 Al (s) + 3 Cl2 (g) = 2 AlCl (s)
If you start with 5.60 g of Al and 3.25 g of Cl2, how much aluminum chloride should be formed? What is the limiting reactant in this situation?