Topical Questions These questions are keyed to the major topics in the chapter. Usually...

Topical Questions

These questions are keyed to the major topics in the chapter. Usually a question that is answered at the back of this book is paired with a similar one that is not.

Aluminum chloride, Al₂Cl₆, is an inexpensive reagent used in many industrial processes. It is made by treating scrap aluminum with chlorine according to the balanced equation

(a) Which reactant is limiting if 2.70 g Al and 4.05 g Cl₂ are mixed?

(b) What mass of Al₂Cl₆ can be produced?

(c) What mass of the excess reactant will remain when the reaction is complete?