11-24-2002, 08:06 PM
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Originally posted by Nanobyte:
So, would you say: 6M H3PO4 x .75L solution= 4.5mol H3PO4 / 2mol H3PO4=2.25mol and then just multiply 2.25 to the products and figure the masses?
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Yes. You would have 2.25 mol of the calcuim phosphate; use this to calculate the actual mass of calcium phosphate. Then, you can calculate the mass of only the calcium (mass of Ca/mass of calcium phosphate) to figure out how much calcium hydroxide is needed on the left, and finally the mass of the resulting water.
So far so good!
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Originally posted by Nanobyte:
I do not understand how you can get the # of moles of one element from a compound. Would you get the mass of (OH)3 multiply it to the mass you get from converting mL into grams? I'm still a little fuzzy on this one.
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.25 L * 2.5 M = .625 mole Al(OH3), then multiply by 3 to get 1.875 mole OH. To make water, you need 1.875 mole H. You know the concentration of sulfuric acid and the number of moles; alter the formula to become volume (in L)= moles / concentration.
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Originally posted by Nanobyte:
So, are you saying it can't be done?
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It does appear to be missing a piece of information. Go back to the original problem and make sure everything is there.
I did have a professor who would put problems on his test that were impossible to solve because you would be missing a piece of information; the correct answer to those problems was "not enough information given". What a sneak!
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