Answer to Question #189814 in General Chemistry for khaled

Question

1.   Aluminum chloride, AlCl₃, is an inexpensive reagent used in many industrial processes. It is made by treating scrap aluminum with chlorine according to the following equation. Please balance the equation.

              __2_ Al _(s)   +  3___ Cl_2(g)                   _2___ AlCl_3(s)

If you start with 3.11 g of Al and 5.32 g of Cl₂, which reagent is limiting? How many grams of AlCl₃ can be produced? During an experiment you obtained 5.57 g of AlCl₃, what was your percent yield?

Answer 1

Limiting reactant =Cl2

Mass of AlCl3 produced =6.94g

Percent Yield =86.7%