Question

Under certain conditions, the substance ammonium chloride can be broken down to form ammonia and hydrogen chloride. If 29.4 grams of ammonium chloride react to form 9.4 grams of ammonia, how many grams of hydrogen chloride must simultaneously be formed

Answer 1

Answer: 20.0 g of hydrogen chloride must simultaneously be formed

Step-by-step explanation:

The balanced chemical reaction is :

`NH_4Cl\rightarrow NH_3+HCl`

According to the law of conservation of mass, mass can neither be created nor be destroyed. The mass on reactant side must be equal to the mass on product side.

Thus mass of reactants = mass of products

Given : mass of ammonium chloride = mass of reactants = 29.4 g

mass of ammonia = 9.4 g

mass of products = mass of ammonia + mass of hydrogen chloride

9.4 g +mass of hydrogen chloride = 29.4 g

mass of hydrogen chloride = 20.0 g