You carefully weigh out 20.00 g of CaCO3 powder and add it to 81.00 g of HCl solution. You notice bubbles as a reaction takes place. You then weigh the resulting solution and find that it has a mass of 92.80 g . The relevant equation is

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You carefully weigh out 20.00 g of CaCO3 powder and add it to 81.00 g of HCl solution. You notice bubbles as a reaction takes place. You then weigh the resulting solution and find that it has a mass of 92.80 g . The relevant equation is
CaCO3(s)+2HCl(aq)→H2O(l)+CO2(g)+CaCl2(aq)
Assuming no other reactions take place, what mass of CO2 was produced in this reaction?

bobpursley · Answer

mass gas=20+81-92.80 reason: conservation of mass, initial mass=finalmass+massgas