solutions of sodium carbonate and silver nitrate react to form solid silver carbonate and a solution of sodium nitrate. a solution containing 5.00 g of sodium carbonate is mixed with one containing 5.00 g of silver nitrate. after the reaction is complete, the solutions are evaporated to dryness, leaving a mixture of salts. how many grams of sodium carbonate, silver nitrate, silver carbonate, and sodium nitrate are present after the reaction is complete?
is this a limiting reactant problem, or can i use simple stoichiometry (g -> mol -> mol -> g)?
2006-08-03 07:57:18 · 3 answers · asked by asperity 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
my guess is there's a limiting reagent. If you just do the stoichiometry on one and then with the other it'll you which one that is. in the real world there's almost always limiting reagents.
2006-08-03 08:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by Jake S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to use simple stoichiometry to first solve the problem and get the yield in grams of the product from both reactants. Then, you'll need to figure which reactant is the limiting reagent. And based on that, you calculate the rest of the things using only the limiting reagent.
2006-08-03 08:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by Isha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're gonna have to use stoichiometry to figure out what the limiting reagent is then solve the problem. i'm not doing it for you
2006-08-03 09:13:45 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋