How many grams of magnesium metal will react completely with 4.8 liters of 5.0 M HCl? Show all of the work needed to solve this problem.

Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq) MgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)

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How many grams of magnesium metal will react completely with 4.8 liters of 5.0 M HCl? Show all of the work needed to solve this problem. 

Mg (s) + 2 HCl (aq) MgCl2 (aq) + H2 (g)

aaronq · Answer

treat this problem like you would any stoichiometry problem.

the only difference is using: $M=\dfrac{n_{solute}}{L_{solution}}$ to find moles of HCl.

anonymous · Answer

see thats the thing im not good at doing porblems like that i need help take it a step art a time to do it

aaronq · Answer

okay, find the moles of HCl first using the formula above.