Question #36e9a

1 Answer
Nov 3, 2015

"1.025 L"

Explanation:

Start by writing a balanced chemical equation for this single replacement reaction

"Mg"_text((s]) + 2"HCl"_text((aq]) -> "MgCl"_text(2(aq]) + "H"_text(2(g]) uarr

Notice that you have a 1:1 mole ratio between
magnesium and hydrogen gas. This means that the reaction will produce 1 mole of hdyrogen gas for every 1 mole of magnesium that takes part in the reaction.

Use magnesium's molar mass to determine how many moles you have in that sample

1.112color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g"))) * "1 mole Mg"/(24.305color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g")))) = "0.04575 moles Mg"

The aforementioned mole ratio tells you tha tthe reaction will produce

0.04575color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles Mg"))) * "1 mole H"_2/(1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mole Mg")))) = "0.04575 moles H"_2

Now, the conditions for pressure and temperature given to you correspond to the old STP conditions at which one mole of any ideal gas occupied exactly "22.4 L".

STP conditions have been changed to "100 kPa" and 0^@"C", but that doesn't change the fact that at "1 atm" and 0^@"C", one mole of any ideal gas occupies "22.4 L".

This means that the reaction will produce a volume of

0.04575color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles"))) * "22.4 L"/(1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mole")))) = "1.0248 L"

I'll leave the answer rounded to four sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the mass of magnesium

V_(H_2) = color(green)("1.025 L")