Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A student treats 2.65 g of anhydrous sodium carbonate, (), with an excess of dilute sulphuric acid. All the gas is collected and then passed into an excess of lime water. Use Ca = 40, C = 12 and O = 16 in g/mol. Find the amount of carbon dioxide, its volume at 273 K and 1 atm, and the mass of calcium carbonate that forms.
One mole of any gas fills at 273 K and 1 atm. Dilute acid frees from a carbonate, one mole of gas for each mole of carbonate. Lime water takes up carbon dioxide: . Barium chloride and a sulphate give (), which stays in dilute hydrochloric acid.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. . The equation gives .
Step 2. .
Step 3. Each mole of carbon dioxide gives one mole of (): .
Answer: , and .
Check. The mass of calcium carbonate is the same fraction of the mass of sodium carbonate as of it, and .
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