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Chemistry 10 Name: /9

Mass-Mass and Limiting Reagents Quiz V1


1. The thermite reaction has been used for welding railroad rails, in incendiary (fire) bombs and to ignite
solid-fuel rocket motors. The reaction is:
Fe2O3 (s) + Al (s) → Fe (l) + Al2O3 (s)
a. Balance the equation. [1]

b. What mass of iron(III) oxide must be used to produce 15.0 g of iron? [3]

2. Ammonia is produced from the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen according to the following equation:
N2 (g) + 3 H2 (g) → 2 NH3 (g)
If 100 g of nitrogen are reacted with 36 g of hydrogen:
a. How many moles of each reactant are there? [2]

b. Which reactant is the limiting reagent? [1]

c. What is the theoretical yield of ammonia? [1]

d. If 85 g of ammonia are actually produced, what is the percent yield? [1]

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