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Calcium hydride reacts with water to form calcium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The balanced equation for this is CaH2 + 2H2O ---> Ca(OH)2 + 2H2 (a) How many grams of calcium hydride are needed to form 4.500 g of hydrogen?

User Blawless
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If 4.5 g of Hydrogen is to be formed then this mass would have in x mol

x mol = Mass of H ÷ Molar Mass of H
= 4.5g ÷ ( 1 x 2) g/mol
= 2.25 mol

mole ratio of CaH₂ : H₂
1 : 2

∴ if mol of H₂ = 2.25 mol

then mol of CaH₂ = 2.25 mol ×
(1)/(2)

= 1.125 mol

Mass of CaH₂ = 1.125 mol × [(40 × 1) + (2 × 1)]
= 47.25 g

User Chris Trevarthen
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i believe the answer is 47.25g
let me know if you need the workings i'll try and put it up
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