Sulfur and fluorine react in a combination reaction to produce sulfur hexafluoride: S (g) + 3F2 (g) - >SF6 (g) If 50 g S is allowed to react as completely as possible with 105.0g F2 (g), what mass of the excess reactant is left.

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Morgan Luna

22 April, 20:55

Sulfur and fluorine react in a combination reaction to produce sulfur hexafluoride: S (g) + 3F2 (g) - >SF6 (g) If 50 g S is allowed to react as completely as possible with 105.0g F2 (g), what mass of the excess reactant is left.

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Lydia Richardson · Answer 1

The mole number of 50 g S is 1.563 mol. 105.0 g F2 is 2.763 mol. The ratio of S and F2 is 1:3. So the excess one is S. And mass left is 0.642*32=20.52 g.