Question

How many grams of aluminum chloride must decompose to produce 78.3 milliliters of aluminum metal, if the density of aluminum is 2.70 g/mL? Show all steps of your calculation as well as the final answer.

Answer 1

1mol aluminium chloride gives 1mol aluminium and 3mol chloride
density equals mass divided by volume
d=m/v
m=v*d
=78.3*2.7
=211.41grams