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What mass of oxygen can be obtained from heating 163.27G of potassium chlorate?

What mass of oxygen can be obtained from heating 163.27G of potassium chlorate?-example-1
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Step 1

The reaction involved:

2 KClO3 => 2 KCl + 3 O2 (completed and balanced)

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Step 2

Data provided:

Mass of KClO3 = 163.27 g

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Data needed:

The molar mass of:

KClO3) 122.6 g/mol

O2) 32.00 g/mol

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Step 3

Procedure:

By stoichiometry,

2 KClO3 => 2 KCl + 3 O2

2 x 122.6 g KClO3 ------ 3 x 32.00 g O2

163.27 g KClO3 ------ X

X = 163.27 g KClO3 x 3 x 32.00 g O2/2 x 122.6 g KClO3

X = 63.92 g

Answer: 63.95 g (the nearest value)

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