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studydeep:

150.00 g of lead react with hydrochloric acid - write the balanced reaction this is what I came up with: Pb + 2 HCI → PbC12 + H2 What is the theoretical yield of lead (II) chloride in grams? using dimensional analysis

lowkey:

Yes, the reaction is balanced.

lowkey:

This problem is asking how much lead chloride would result in this reaction.

lowkey:

Do you know how to do dimensional analysis?

lowkey:

@studydeep

studydeep:

a little bit... its still confusing to me

lowkey:

Okay. BCA tables can help in these types of problems.

lowkey:

so first, we must convert the 150 grams into moles. Do you know how to do this?

studydeep:

no i don't

lowkey:

Alright, to convert grams to moles, you must divide the number of grams of the molar mass, which is the molar mass of the compound pb.

studydeep:

thats 207.2 right?

lowkey:

Yes! You are correct! the way to do dimentional analysis is this: 150.00g Pb x 1 mol Pb/207.2g Pb Do you understand that the numerator is the value you need, and that you need the number, unit, and thing for every dimentional analysis?

studydeep:

yes I understand that... and would i get 31080?

lowkey:

uhh nooo lol it's one over 207.2

lowkey:

it would be 0.72 moles of Pb

studydeep:

wait wait how? what

lowkey:

\[150.00~g~Pb \times \frac{ 1~mol~Pb }{ 207.2~g~Pb }\]

lowkey:

This form is called dimensional analysis.

studydeep:

oh I see now... my bad im stired so im not functioning right. I think I got this part of the dimensional analysis earlier today but I got stuck after this

lowkey:

I see. So now we need to create a BCA table. Do you know what those are?

studydeep:

no i dont think ive learned that

lowkey:

Tell me when you're done!

studydeep:

i don't think I can use that kind of table though bc ive never learned it.

lowkey:

Oh.

lowkey:

I guess we dont need it. Since the ratio of the Pb and PbCl2 is the same, we can assume that 0.72 moles of PbCl2 are produced.

studydeep:

I see... does the dimensional analysis continue at all?

lowkey:

Yes, it does. So then 0.72molPbCl2 times molar mass of PbCl2

studydeep:

its 289.1 g right?

lowkey:

yep! so multiply that number times 0.72

studydeep:

208.152?

lowkey:

yep!

studydeep:

would that be my final theoretical yield or is there more?

lowkey:

that is it

studydeep:

okay and would it go 0.72mol pB / 289.1 g for dimensional analysis or would it be the other way around?

lowkey:

it would be multiply

studydeep:

the multiply would go in the front?

lowkey:

where did you even get 'front'from

studydeep:

uhh by * 0.72mol pB / 289.1 g the / isn't to divide its for the dimensional analysis, right?

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