CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

UNIVERSITI PENDIDIKAN SULTAN IDRIS

TUTORIAL 6: Stoichiometry (ANSWER)

1. In the preparation of PCl3, a student used 12.0 g P and 35.0 g Cl2 and produced 42.4 g
of PCl3.

Answer the following questions:

(i) Write the balance equation for this reaction

(ii) Determine the limiting reagent.
(iii) Calculate the percentage yield of the reaction.
(iv) Calculate the remaining unreacted compound for the reaction.

(i) 2P(s) + 3Cl2(g) 2PCl3(l)

In the preparation of PCl3, a student used 12.0 g P and 35.0 g Cl2 and produced 42.4 g of
PCl3. Answer the following questions:

(ii) Determine the limiting reagent.

Mol of P = 12.0/30.97 = 0.3874 mol

Mol of Cl2 = 35.0/70.9 = 0.4936 mol
Mol of Cl2 required, 2/3 x 0.4936 = 0.3306 mol of P

Therefore Cl2 is the limiting reagent

(iii) Calculate the percentage yield of the reaction.

Theoritical yield = 45.2 g PCl3

Percentage yield of the reaction,

= 42.4/45.2 X 100 = 94.8%

(iv) Calculate the remaining unreacted compound for the reaction.

Unreacted mol of P = (0.3874 - 0.3306) mol = 0.0568 mol

Weight of unreacted P = 0.0568 x 30.97 g = 1.76 g

2. Heating of lead dioxide (PbO2) gives lead oxide (PbO) and oxygen gas. Similarly,
barium peroxide (BaO2) when heated gives barium oxide (BaO) and oxygen gas.

A mixture of (PbO2) and (BaO2) was heated in a crucible until a complete

decomposition of the mixture. Initially there was 15.00 g of the mixture in the crucible
and after a complete decomposition reaction the yield of the product was 13.80 g.

Determine the intial weight of PbO2 in the mixture.

Intially,
PbO2 + BaO2 weight = 15.00 g
Finally after heating,
PbO + BaO weight = 13.80 g
Conclusion: weight of O2 = 15.00 – 13.80 = 1.20 g
The reactions

2PbO2 → 2PbO + O2..............................................(1)

2BaO2 → 2BaO + O2..............................................(2)
Let weight of PbO2 = x g

Weight of BaO2 = (15.00 - x) g

Mol of 2PbO2 = mol O2 [(From equation (1)] (because O2 gas comes from PbO2)

mol PbO2
2
=
mol O2 1

mol PbO2 = 2 x mol O2

x
= 2 x mol of O2
239.2

Mol of 2BbO2 = mol O2 [(From equation (2)] (because O2 gas comes from BaO2)
Mol of 2BaO2 = mol O2
mol BaO2
2
=
mol O2 1

mol BaO2 = 2 x mol O2

15.00 - x = 2 x mol of O2 15.00 - 13.80
=2x
169.3 32.0
 x 15.00 - x = 0.075
+
239.2 169.3

x = 7.89 g

PbO2 = 7.87 g