Question

A camping lantern uses the reaction of calcium carbide, CaC2(s),and water to produce acetylene gas, C2H2(g), and calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2(s). How many grams of water are required to produce 1.55 moles of acetylene gas?

Mar 20, 2011

See your other post above. Same stoichiometry procedure.

Mar 20, 2011

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