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What mass of potassium chlorate is needed to produce 8.50 mol of oxygen? 2KCIO3 →
2KCl +302

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694.2915 grams of potassium chlorate is needed to produce 8.50 mol of oxygen

Step-by-step explanation:

It is possible to apply the following rule of three: if by stoichiometry 3 moles of O₂ are produced by 2 moles of KCIO₃, when reacting 8.5 moles of O₂, how many moles of KClO₃ are necessary?


moles of KClO_(3) =(8.5moles of O_(2)*2moles of KClO_(3) )/(3moles of O_(2))

moles of KClO₃= 5.67

To know the amount of mass present in 5.67 moles of the compound, it is necessary to know the molar mass, that is, the amount of mass that a substance contains in one mole. Being:

  • K: 39 g/mole
  • Cl: 35.45 g/mole
  • O: 16 g/mole

The molar mass of the compound is:

KClO₃= 39 g/mole + 35.45 g/mole + 3* (16 g/mole)= 122.45 g/mole

Then you can apply the following rule of three: if in 1 mole of the compound there are 122.45 grams, in 5.67 moles how much mass is there?


mass=(5.67 moles*122.45 grams)/(1 mole)

mass= 694.2915 grams

694.2915 grams of potassium chlorate is needed to produce 8.50 mol of oxygen

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