need chem help asked:
The mass of carbon dioxide produced from run “A” is 0.055 g. Based on the balanced equation:
HCO3–(aq) + H+(aq) H2O(l)+CO2(g)
What is the number of moles of the reacted sodium bicarbonate from the single Alka Seltzer tablet?
The mass of carbon dioxide produced from run “A” is 0.055 g. Based on the balanced equation:
HCO3–(aq) + H+(aq) H2O(l)+CO2(g)
What is the number of moles of the reacted sodium bicarbonate from the single Alka Seltzer tablet?
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According to the equation, you are supposed to get 1 mol or 44g of carbon dioxide if you started with one mole of sodium bicarbonate.
Since you only got 0.55g of CO2, you have .55/44 = 0.0125 mol.
Therefore, you started off with 0.0125 mol sodium carbonate.