If a typical antacid tablet contains 2.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate, how many moles of carbon dioxide should one tablet yield?

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Rene Morse

27 March, 14:38

If a typical antacid tablet contains 2.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate, how many moles of carbon dioxide should one tablet yield?

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Corbin Delgado · Answer 1

The equation of the chemical reaction is NaHCO3 + H + - - > H2O + CO2 + Na

To determine the total number of moles of carbon dioxide, the given mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate is divided with its own molar mass. Then it is multiplied with the ratio between NaHCO3 and carbon dioxide. The total number of moles of CO2 one tablet should yield is 0.024 mole.