Ammonia and gaseous hydrogen chloride combine to form ammonium chloride. NH3+HCL->NH4CL
if 4.21 L of NH3(g) at 27 C and 1.02 atm is combined with 5.35 L of HCL(g) at 26 C and 0.998 atm what mass of NH4Cl(s) will be produced? which gas is the limiting reactant? which gas is present in excess?
The balanced chemical equation would be as follows:
NH3+HCL->NH4CL
For this, we assume these gases are ideal gases so we can use the equation PV=nRT. We first calculate the number of moles of each reactants. We do as follows:
PV=nRT 1.02 (4.21) = n (0.08206)(27+273.15) n = 0.17 mol NH3 ------->consumed completely and therefore the limiting reactant
PV=nRT 0.998 (5.35 L) = n (0.08206)(26+273.15) n = 0.22 mol HCl
what mass of NH4Cl(s) will be produced? 0.17 mol NH3 (1 mol NH4Cl / 1 mol NH3 ) = 0.17 mol NH3