Exercise: PRELIMINARY CHEMISTRY - MOLES

1. How many moles of zinc would be required to prepare 12 moles of zinc chloride by the action
of zinc on hydrochloric acid?

2. How many moles of ferrous sulfate would be formed by the action of 100 g of iron on sulfuric
acid

3. What weight of aluminium sulfate could be obtained by the action of 25.0 g of aluminium on an
excess of sulfuric acid?


4. Given the equation 2Fe +3H
2
O Fe
2
O
3
+3H
2

(a) How many grams of water will react with one mole of iron?
(b) How many grams of Fe
2
O
3
would be formed from one mole of water?

5. Given the equation: Cu +2H
2
SO
4
CuSO
4
+SO
2
+2H
2
O

(a) How many grams of copper sulfate would be formed for each mole of copper reacting?
(b) How many grams of copper would be required to produce l00 g of cops sulfate?
(c) How many moles of sulfur dioxide would be formed for each mole of acid reacting?
(d) How many grams of water would be formed for each mole of copper sulfate formed?

6. How many grams of iron would be required to replace mole of copper from a solution of copper
sulfate, CuSO
4
?

7. Calculate the volume of oxygen required to burn 60 litres of propane, C
3
H
8
, to CO
2
and H
2
O,
all gases being measured under standard conditions.


8. Given the equation: 2A1 +3H
2
SO
4
A1
2
(SO
4
)
3
+3H
2
, calculate:

(a) The number of grams of A1
2
(SO4)
3
formed for each mole of aluminium reacting.
(b) The number of grams of A1
2
(SO4)
3
formed for each mole of hydrogen formed.
(c) The number of moles of H
2
SO
4
required for each mole of A1
2
(SO
4
)
3
formed.
(d) The number of grams of aluminium required for each litre of hydrogen formed at standard
conditions.

9. Given the equation: 6FeC1
2
+14HC1 +K
2
Cr
2
O
7
6FeC1
3
+2KC1 +2CrCl
3
+ 7H
2
O

(a) Indicate the weight relationships expressed in the products.
(b) How many grams of CrC1
3
would have been formed from 0.78g of K
2
Cr
2
O
7
?
(c) How many grams of FeC1
3
would be formed from 5.00g of FeC1
2
?

10. Ferric oxide may be reduced with carbon according to the equation:

Fe
2
O
3
+ 6C 6CO +4Fe

(a) How many litres of CO will be produced at STP?
(b) How many grams of carbon will be required for each mole of Fe?
(c) How many kilograms of ferric oxide will be produced for each kilogram iron produced?