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How many moles of chlorine gas are needed to make 0.6 moles of sodium chloride?
Given the reaction: 2Na + Cl2 + 2NaCl
O 1.2
O 0.6
0 3.6
O 0.3
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Hello there!

In this case, according to the given chemical reaction whereas the sodium chloride is in a 2:1 mole ratio with chlorine, the required moles of the later are computed as shown below:


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So we cancel out the moles of NaCl to obtain:


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