Question

If you put an iron nail into a beaker of copper chloride, you will begin to see a reddish precipitate forming on the nail. In this reaction, iron replaces copper in the solution and copper falls out of the solution as a metal.
The balanced equation is Fe+CuCl -> FeCl2+Cu
If you start out with one mole of your limiting reactant (Fe), how many grams of copper can you expect to produce through this reaction?

Answer 1

Answer:

63.6g

Explanation:

The reaction expression is given as:

    Fe  + CuCl₂  →   FeCl₂   +   Cu

Given:

Number of moles of Fe  = 1 mole

Unknown:

Mass of copper that would be produced;

Solution:

From the balanced reaction expression:

           1 mole of Fe will produce 1 mole of Cu;

So;

  Mass of Cu produced  = number of moles x molar mass

  Mass of Cu  = 1 mole x 63.6g/mol  = 63.6g