Answer to Question #105401 in Organic Chemistry for Zainab

Question

When you strike a match on a matchbox you are reacting to potassium chlorate (KClO3)with Rex phosphorus (P4)to create tetraphosphorous decaoxide and potassium chloride.If I react 41.3g of potassium chlorate with 51.4 g of red phosphorus,find the mass of tetraphosphorous decaoxide will I produce,show the balanced equation ,find the limiting reagent,and show how much unused reactant I will have left over

Answer 1

m P₄O₁₀ = 28.4g.

3 P₄ + 10 KClO₃ = 3 P₄O₁₀ + 10 KCl.

KClO₃ is limiting reagent.

You will left over 39 g of unused red phosphorus.

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