Limiting Reactants
- Wayne Bao
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min read
In 1774, Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele produced molecular chlorine gas from the reaction between sodium chloride, sulfuric acid, and manganese(IV) oxide shown below:
4NaCl(aq) + 2H2SO4(aq) + MnO2(s) → 2Na2SO4(aq) + MnCl2(aq) + 2H2O(l) + Cl2(g)
To reproduce Scheele’s experiment, 50.0 mL of 2.00 mol L–1 NaCl is mixed with 25.0 mL of 6.00 mol L–1 H2SO4, and 4.35 g of MnO2. What volume of Cl2 gas will be produced at 101.325 kPa pressure and a temperature of 25.0 °C?
Oh my. This will even take me some time to figure out. You want to adjust for pressure of water vapour as well? ;)