CHEM111 – Chemistry for Engineers

Activity 1 – Basics of Chemistry

Solve the following problems:

1. How many moles of magnesium (Mg) are there in 87.3 g of Mg?

2. Calculate the number of grams of lead (Pb) in 12.4 moles of lead.

3. How many H atoms are in 72.5 g of isopropanol (rubbing alcohol), C3H8O?

4. Calculate the percent composition by mass of each of the elements in sulfuric acid (H2SO4).

5. Determine the empirical formula of a compound having the following percent composition by mass: K:
24.75 percent; Mn: 34.77 percent; O: 40.51 percent.

6. Balance the equation representing the reaction between iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3, and carbon monoxide (CO)
to yield iron (Fe) and carbon dioxide (CO2).

7. Methanol (CH3OH) burns in air according to the equation:

2CH3OH + 3O2 -> 2CO2 + 4H2O
If 209 g of methanol are used up in a combustion process, what is the mass of H2O
produced?

8. A compound X contains 63.3 percent manganese (Mn) and 36.7 percent O by mass. When X is heated,
oxygen gas is evolved and a new compound Y containing 72.0 percent Mn and 28.0 percent O is formed.
(a) Determine the empirical formulas of X and Y.
(b) Write a balanced equation for the conversion of X to Y.

9. The reaction between aluminum and iron(III) oxide can generate temperatures approaching 3000OC and is
used in welding metals:
2Al + Fe2O3 -> Al2O3 + 2Fe
In one process, 124 g of Al are reacted with 601 g of Fe2O3.
(a) Calculate the mass (in grams) of Al2O3 formed.
(b) How much of the excess reagent is left at the end of the reaction?

10. Industrially, vanadium metal, which is used in steel alloys, can be obtained by reacting vanadium(V) oxide
with calcium at high temperatures:
5Ca + V2O5 -> 5CaO + 2V
In one process, 1.54 3 103 g of V2O5 react with 1.96 3 103 g of Ca.
(a) Calculate the theoretical yield of V.
(b) Calculate the percent yield if 803 g of V are obtained.

11. How would you prepare 2.00 3 102 mL of a 0.866 M NaOH solution, starting with a 5.07 M stock solution?

12. If 60.2 mL of 0.427 M KOH solution are required to neutralize 10.1 mL of H2SO4 solution, what is the
concentration of the H2SO4 solution in molarity?