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Limiting Reactants

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?

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James Chen
James Chen
Jun 01, 2020

Oh my. This will even take me some time to figure out. You want to adjust for pressure of water vapour as well? ;)

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