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What mass of ZnO is formed when 29.2 g of MoO3is reacted with 17 g of Zn

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Answer:

21.16 g

Step-by-step explanation:

Balance the equation

3 Zn + 2 MoO3 = Mo2O3 + 3 ZnO

And prepare their molar masses

Zn - 65.38

MoO3 - 143.96

Mo2O3 - 239.92

ZnO - 81.38

Since Zn is the limiting reagent; (you can determine this by trial and error but I'm too lazy), basically 29.2 g of MoO3 needs 19.892 g of Zn to react; while 17 g of Zn would need 24.955 g of MoO3 so we have shiet leftover. So we should always use the limiting reagent, in this case,

Zn

as it gets used up completely.

Anyway:
We can now solve using the ratio between Zn and ZnO.
(17 g of Zn /

65.38 g per Zn) x (3 mol of ZnO / 3 mol of Zn) x (81.38 g per ZnO / 1 mol of ZnO) = 21.16 g of ZnO

sooooo you get

21.16 g

(typing this on mobile and kinda hungover so yea)

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