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4 Fe + 3 O2 = 2 Fe2O3Determine the number of moles of iron required to react with 8.0 g of oxygen. Answer with two significant digits leave as a decimal

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To find the answer to this question we will need first to set up some informations:

4 Fe + 3 O2 -> 2 Fe2O3, this is the balanced equation for the question

Now we will need the molar mass of each reactant, which will be:

Fe = 55.8 g/mol, since there are 4 Fe, then we will have 4*55.8 = 223.2 g/mol

O2 = 32 g/mol, since there are 3 O2, then we will have 3*32 = 96 g/mol

Now we know that in a regular reaction, we would need 4 moles of Fe and 3 moles of O2 to properly react, hence, 223.2 g/mol to react with 96.0 g/mol.

But in our question we only have 8.0 grams available, to find out how many of oxygen moles there are, we can do the following math:

96 g = 3 moles

8.0 g = x moles

x = 0.25 moles

Following the molar ratio, we have that 4 moles of iron react with 3 moles of oxygen, but now we have only 0.25 moles:

4 Fe = 3 O2

x Fe = 0.25 O2

x = 0.3 moles of Iron

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