What mass of HCl is produced from the reaction of 5.14g of CH4 with excess chlorine gas? Notice the equation is not balanced.

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Consider the following reaction:

___CH4(g) + ___Cl2(g) → ___CCl4(g) + ___HCl(g)

What mass of HCl is produced from the reaction of 5.14g of CH4 with excess chlorine gas? Notice the equation is not balanced.

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A balanced equation is an equation in which the number of atoms present in both reactant and product is the same.

According to the law of conservation of mass, the mass of the products should be equal to the mass of the reactants.

 

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