Under standard conditions what volume of dihydrogen will be evolved from treatment of a mass of #0.08*g# magnesium metal with excess acid?

1 Answer
Sep 27, 2017

You have got the stoichiometric reaction......

Explanation:

#Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq) rarr MgCl_2(aq)+H_2(g)uarr#

And you have a molar quantity of #(0.08*g)/(24.3*g*mol^-1)=3.29xx10^-3*mol# with respect to the metal.

And thus get an equivalent molar quantity of dihydrogen....

i.e. #"moles of dihydrogen gas"=3.29xx10^-3*mol#.

We know that 1 mol of Ideal gas occupies a volume of #24.8*dm^3# under standard conditions. I do not what the standard pertains in your syllabus so you will have to do some digging.....

And so volume....

#=3.29xx10^-3*molxx24.8*dm^3*mol^-1-=0.082*dm^3# approx. #82*mL#.