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The amount of calcium hydroxide needed to react completely with a 100.0 g of nitric acid

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Answer:

The answer to your question is 58.7 g of Ca(OH)₂

Step-by-step explanation:

Data

mass of Ca(OH)₂ = ?

mass of HNO₃ = 100 g

Process

1.- Write the balanced chemical reaction

Ca(OH)₂ + 2HNO₃ ⇒ Ca(NO₃)₂ + 2H₂O

2.- Calculate the molar mass of the reactants

Ca(OH)₂ = 40 + 32 + 2 = 74 g

HNO₃ = 1 + 14 + 48 = 63 g

3.- Use proportions to calculate the mass of Ca(OH)₂

74 g of Ca(OH)₂ ----------------- 2(63) g of HNO₃

x ----------------- 100 g of HNO₃

x = (100 x 74) / 2(63)

x = 7400 / 126

x = 58.7 g

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