Answer to Question #81649 in General Chemistry for Mayama

Question

For the following reaction, 23.8 grams of phosphorus (P4) are allowed to react with 86.0 grams of chlorine gas.

phosphorus (P4) (s) + chlorine (g) phosphorus trichloride (l)

What is the maximum amount of phosphorus trichloride that can be formed?
grams

What is the FORMULA for the limiting reagent?


What amount of the excess reagent remains after the reaction is complete?
grams

Answer 1

Answer:
m (PCl3) = 105.6 g
FORMULA for the limiting reagent - P4
Excess reagent remains after the reaction is complete - m(Cl2) = 4.24 g