Question

Aqueous hydrobromic acid HBr will react with solid sodium hydroxide NaOH to produce aqueous sodium bromide NaBr and liquid water H2O . Suppose 4.9 g of hydrobromic acid is mixed with 3.86 g of sodium hydroxide. Calculate the maximum mass of sodium bromide that could be produced by the chemical reaction. Round your answer to 2 significant digits.

Answer 1

6.2g of NaBr are produced

Step-by-step explanation:

The reaction of HBr with NaOH occurs as follows:

HBr + NaOH → NaBr + H2O

Where 1 mole of each reactant produce 1 mole of NaBr

To solve this question we need to find the moles of each reactant using their molar mass. With moles we can find limiting reactant and the moles (And mass) of NaBr produced, as follows:

Moles HBr -Molar mass: 80.9119g/mol)-

4.9g * (1mol/80.9119g) = 0.0606 moles HBr

Moles NaOH -Molar mass: 40g/mol-

3.86g * (1mol/40g) = 0.0965 moles NaOH

As the reaction is 1:1 and the moles of HBr < Moles NaOH, the limiting reactant is HBr and moles of NaBr produced are 0.0606 moles.

The mass of NaBr (Molar mass: 102.894g/mol) is:

0.0606 moles * (102.894g/mol) =

6.2g of NaBr are produced