A student mixes magnesium and hydrochloric acid and a chemical reaction occurs, shown in the equation below.                                                     ____ Mg + _____ HCl -------->   _____ H2 + ______ MgCl a. Balance the chemical equation, then label the reactants and the products.   b. What do the coefficients in the chemical equation represent?     c. What does it mean if an element or molecule does not have a coefficient?   d. How many moles of magnesium would you need for the reaction if you had 2 moles of HCl?   e. How many moles of magnesium would you need for the reaction if you had 4 moles of HCl?   f. How many moles of hydrogen gas (H2) would be produced if you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 2 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl)?   g. If you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 6 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl), which one would be your limiting reactant? Which one would be your excess reactant?   h. Using the information from part e, how many moles of hydrogen gas (H2) would be produced if you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 6 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl)? How many moles of reactant would be leftover?

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A student mixes magnesium and hydrochloric acid and a chemical reaction occurs, shown in the equation below.

                           

                        ____ Mg + _____ HCl -------->   _____ H2 + ______ MgCl

a. Balance the chemical equation, then label the reactants and the products.

 

b. What do the coefficients in the chemical equation represent?  

 

c. What does it mean if an element or molecule does not have a coefficient?

 

d. How many moles of magnesium would you need for the reaction if you had 2 moles of HCl?

 

e. How many moles of magnesium would you need for the reaction if you had 4 moles of HCl?

 

f. How many moles of hydrogen gas (H2) would be produced if you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 2 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl)?

 

g. If you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 6 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl), which one would be your limiting reactant? Which one would be your excess reactant?

 

h. Using the information from part e, how many moles of hydrogen gas (H2) would be produced if you started with 2 moles of magnesium and 6 moles of hydrochloric acid (HCl)? How many moles of reactant would be leftover?

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