A 5.203-g sample of calcium is burned in air to produce a mixture of two ionic compounds, calcium oxide and calcium nitride. Water is added to this mixture. It reacts with calcium oxide to form 4.768 g of calcium hydroxide.

How many grams of calcium oxide are formed?
How many grams of calcium nitride?

Respuesta :

Answer:

Mass of CaO formed = 3.6106 g

Mass of [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex] formed = 6.4170 g

Explanation:

The chemical reaction is shown below as:-

[tex]Ca+O_2\rightarrow 2CaO[/tex]

It will react with [tex]H_2O[/tex] and forms [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex]. The reaction is shown below as:-

[tex]CaO+H_2O\rightarrow Ca(OH)_2[/tex]

Overall reaction is;-

[tex]Ca+O_2+2H_2O\rightarrow 2Ca(OH)_2[/tex]

Let the mass of [tex]Ca[/tex] reacted to form [tex]CaO[/tex] = x g

Molar mass of [tex]Ca[/tex] = 40.078 g/mol

Moles of [tex]Ca[/tex]=[tex]\frac{x}{40.078}[/tex] moles

From the reactions shown above:-

1 mole of [tex]Ca[/tex] on reaction forms 2 moles of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex]

Thus,

[tex]\frac{x}{40.078}[/tex] mole of [tex]Ca[/tex] on reaction forms [tex]\frac{2x}{40.078}[/tex] moles of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex]

Moles of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex] = [tex]\frac{2x}{40.078}[/tex] moles

Molar mass of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex] = 74.093 g/mol

Mass of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex] = Moles*Molar mass =  [tex]\frac{2x}{40.078}\times 74.093[/tex] g

Also, given that mass of [tex]Ca(OH)_2[/tex] produced = 4.768 g

Thus,

[tex]\frac{2x}{40.078}\times 74.093=4.768[/tex]

x = 1.2895 g

Thus, mass of [tex]Ca[/tex] reacted to form [tex]CaO[/tex] = 1.2895 g

Mass of [tex]Ca[/tex] reacted to form [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex] = 5.203g - 1.2895 g = 3.9135 g

Thus,

[tex]Ca+O_2\rightarrow 2CaO[/tex]

40 g of Ca on reaction forms 112 g of CaO

So,

1 g of Ca on reaction forms 112/40 g of CaO

1.2895 g of Ca on reaction forms [tex]\frac{112}{40}\times 1.2895[/tex] g of CaO

Mass of CaO formed = 3.6106 g

Also,

[tex]3Ca+N_2\rightarrow Ca_3N_2[/tex]

120 g of Ca on reaction forms 148 g of [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex]

So,

1 g of Ca on reaction forms 148/120 g of [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex]

5.203 g of Ca on reaction forms [tex]\frac{148}{120}\times 5.203[/tex] g of [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex]

Mass of [tex]Ca_3N_2[/tex] formed = 6.4170 g