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Chemistry 150
Stoichiometry
November 3, 2003
1. Over the years, the thermite reaction has been used for welding railroad rails, in
incendiary bombs, and to ignite solid fuel rocket motors. The reaction is:

Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → 2Fe(l) + Al2O3(s)

a. What masses (in g) of iron(III) oxide and aluminum must be used to produce 15.0
g iron? (5 points)

1. Convert g Fe to mol Fe:

15 g Fe • 1 mol Fe/55.85 g Fe = 0.268576544 mol Fe

2. Convert mol Fe to mol Fe2O3, convert mol Fe2O3 to g Fe2O3:

0.268576544 mol Fe • 1 mol Fe2O3/2 mol Fe = 0.134288272 mol Fe2O3
0.134288272 mol Fe2O3 • 159.7 g Fe2O3/1 mol Fe2O3 = 21.4 g Fe2O3

3. Convert mol Fe to mol Al convert mol Al to g Al:

0.268576544 mol Fe • 1 mol Al/1 mol Fe = 0.268576544 mol Al
0.268576544 mol Al • 26.98 g Al/1 mol Al = 7.2 g Al

b. What is the maximum gram amount of aluminum oxide that could be produced?
(5 points)

Covert mol Fe to mol Al2O3:

0.268576544 mol Fe • 1 mol Al2O3/2 mol Fe = 0.134288272 mol Al2O3

Covert mol Al2O3 to g Al2O3:

0.134288272 mol Al2O3 • 101.96 g Al2O3/1 mol Al2O3 = 13.7 g Fe2O3

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