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redXI July 24th, 2006 00:22

Stoichiometry ... Tough Question
 
For those who are experts in Chemistry, right now I'm on a brink of death suffering from my depression for two days for trying to figure out the answer for this problem:

Silver Nitrate reacts with calcium chloride according to the following reaction:

2 AgNO3 (aq) + CaCl2(aq) -- > 2 AgCl(s) + Ca(NO3)2 (aq)

Calculate the mass of AgCl that would be formed by reacting 100 cm3 of 0.200 M AgNO3 solution with 100cm3 of 0.500 M CaCl2 solution. Which of the two solutions is the limiting reagent? What will be the concentration of the solution that is in excess?

Okay, so I can solve the problem easily if it it had nothing to do with "M" things. I don't udnerstand this. Please help me. Regards.
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charco July 24th, 2006 18:14

'M' means Molarity = moles per litre

moles = Molarity x volume (in litres)

equation shows a 2:1 ratio of silver nitrate to calcium chloride

1. calculate the moles of 100 cm3 of 0.200 M AgNO3 = 0.02 moles
2. calculate the moles of 100cm3 of 0.500 M CaCl2 solution = 0.05 moles

from the equation 0.02 moles of AgNO3 would react with 0.02/2 moles of calcium chloride = 0.01 moles

Therefore THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH CALCIUM CHLORIDE - it is in excess and the limiting reagent is the silver nitrate.


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