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Calculate how much NaCl is made using 8.30g Na and excess Cl2 Rounding two decimal places

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The question is asking how much NaCl will be produced from Cl and Na.

We are given the mass of Na = 8.30g, which is the limiting reagent because we are told that Cl2 is in excess.

Let us first balance the equation:

2Na + Cl2 = 2NaCl

The first thing to do is to calculate the number of moles of Na.

n=m/M where m is the mass of Na and M is the molar mass

n=8.30g/22.99g/mol

n= 0.36 mol

Now we can use the stoichiometry to calculate the number of moles for NaCl.

So for every 2 moles of Na that reacts, 2 moles of NaCl are produced according to the balanced equation.

Therefore the number of moles of Na = number of moles of NaCl

n=0.36 mol

We can now find the mass of NaCl produced.

m=n x M

m=0.36 mol x 58.44 g/mol

m = 21.09 g

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