Question

34 grams of chlorine gas react with sodium to form how many grams of sodium chloride? 2 na + cl2 --> 2 nacl

Answer 1

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The balanced chemical equation for the reaction between sodium and chlorine is the following:

2Na + Cl₂ → 2NaCl

To know the mass of Sodium Chloride produced, we are going to use the following conversion factor to go from grams of Chlorine gas to grams of Sodium Chloride:

$34gCl_2* \frac{1 mol Cl_2}{70,9060 g Cl_2} * \frac{2 moles NaCl}{1 mol Cl_2}* \frac{58,4 g NaCl}{1 mol NaCl}=56,007 g NaCl$

So, 56,007 g of NaCl are produced

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