If 10.5 g copper chloride react with 12.4 g aluminum what is the limiting reactant

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Jazlene Figueroa

9 March, 23:23

If 10.5 g copper chloride react with 12.4 g aluminum what is the limiting reactant

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Damarion Fernandez · Answer 1

Molar mass of copper chloride is 134.45 g/mole, so the mole of 10.5 g copper chloride is 10.5/134.45 = 0.078 mole. Molar mass of aluminum is 27 g/mole, so the mole of 12.4 g aluminium is 12.4/27 = 0.46 mole. The formula of this reaction is as follows, 2Al + 3CuCl2 ⇒ 2AlCl3 + 3Cu. Thus the molar ratio of the reactants is Al:CuCl2 = 2:3. So to react with 0.078 mole of copper chloride, will need 0.078 x 2/3 = 0.052 moles of aluminum which is less than the given amount (0.46mole). Therefore, copper chloride is the limiting reactant.