Question

16.7 grams of chlorine gas are allowed to react with with 3.31 grams of water
What is the maximum amount of hydrochloric acid that can be formed in grams.
What is the maximum amount of hydrochloric acid that can be formed? grams

What is the FORMULA for the limiting reagent?

What amount of the excess reagent remains after the reaction is complete? grams

Answer 1

Work the problem as a stoichiometry problem, first with 16.7 g Cl and next with 3.31 g H2O. The smaller value for the product is the one that will be correct. Do that, get an answer, show your work, and I'll help you through the last part of how much of the excess reagent remains.

Answer 2

55.277