contestada

How many grams of O₂ are required to react completely with 14.6 g of Na to form sodium oxide, Na₂O?

Respuesta :

The balanced chemical reaction is :

[tex]O_2 + 4Na \ -> \ 2Na_2O[/tex]

Number of moles of Na, [tex]n = \dfrac{14.6}{23} = 0.635 \ mol[/tex] .

Now, from balance chemical reaction we can see that 1 mole of oxygen reacts with 4 moles of sodium.

So, number of moles of oxygen are :

[tex]n = \dfrac{0.635}{4}\ mole[/tex]

So, amount of oxygen required is :

[tex]m = \dfrac{0.635 \times 32}{4}\ gm\\\\m = 5.08 \ gm[/tex]

Therefore, 5.08 gram of oxygen will react with 14.6 gram of sodium.