Chemistry 106A – Quiz #3 – Fall 2009

1. 15.0 mL of 1.50 M KI are reacted with 20.0 mL of 0.650 M Hg(NO3)2. What is

the theoretical yield of HgI2? (Hint: write a balanced reaction equation)

a. 3.68 g b. 3.05 g c. 5.91 g d. 5.11 g e. none of these

This is a limiting reagent problem, much like the one worked a couple
weeks ago in recitation, only now instead of having masses of our starting
materials we have solutions. The first step of this problem is to write our
balanced reaction equation so that we can get our stoichiometric ratios
that we need to determine the limiting reagent and our theoretical yield.
Our balanced reaction equation should be: 2KI + Hg(NO3)2  2KNO3 +
HgI2. The next step is to determine the moles of PbI2 that can be
produced by 15.0 mL of 1.50 M KI and 20.0 mL of 0.650 M Hg(NO3)2.

1 mol HgI 2
0.0150L KI × 1.50 M KI = 0.0225 moles KI × = 0.01125mol HgI 2
2 mol KI

1 mol HgI 2
0.0200L KI × 0.650 M Hg ( NO3 ) 2 = 0.013 moles Hg ( NO3 ) 2 × = 0.0130mol HgI 2
1 mol Hg ( NO3 ) 2
So KI is our limiting reagent since it will produce a smaller amount of
HgI2, so we can now calculate the theoretical yield using KI as the limiting
reagent by converting 0.0113 moles of HgI2 to grams (molar mass = 454.4
g/mol) to get around 5.11 g.

2. A 35.0 mL solution of 3.40 M sulfuric acid is titrated with 1.20 M sodium

hydroxide. What volume of sodium hydroxide is needed to reach the second
equivalence point?

a. 9.92 mL b. 19.8 mL c. 17.0 mL d. 4.27 mL e. not enough

information to determine

Remember at the equivalence point our moles of base should equal our
moles of acid, however this is a special case because sulfuric acid has 2
hydrogens it can lose. Remember acids with more than one hydrogen will
lose them sequentially. Notice the problem asks for the volume needed to
reach the 2nd equivalence point, so in order to reach the 2nd equivalence
point, we twice as many moles of NaOH as what it takes to get to the 1st
equivalence point (distance between equivalence points should be equal).

Relative Atomic Masses: O = 16.0; K = 39.10; I = 126.9; Hg = 200.6; N = 14.01

So it will take 2 moles of sodium hydroxide for every mole of sulfuric acid,
and since we know there are 0.119 moles of H2SO4 (volume x
concentration = moles), we are going to need 0.238 moles of NaOH. If the
concentration of NaOH is 1.20 M, then we can find the volume by dividing
the number of moles by concentration (get mol/(mol/L) for units, which
leaves us with L for the final units). So the volume needed should be
0.0198 L, or 19.8 mL.

3. Identify the type of reaction: (Acid-base, redox, precipitation, or gas

evolution)

P4O10 (s) + C (s) P4 (g) + CO (g) This is a redox reaction. I gave

credit for gas evolution reaction only because I’m not sure if I specified
enough for gas evolution reactions that the reactants do actually have to
be in the aqueous phase, not just a nongaseous state. This is my mistake,
and I apologize for it. So for gas evolution reactions, we’re really only
looking for the gases specified in the table on pg. 186 in your text,
because these are the only gases that will be given off without the
reaction also being an oxidation-reduction reaction.

Pb(NO3)2 (aq) + 2CuI (aq)  PbI2 (s) + 2Cu(NO3) (aq) This is a precipitation

reaction.

4. Give the products for the following precipitation reactions:

Zn(NO3)2 (aq) + K2SO4 (aq)  ZnSO4 (aq) + 2KNO3 (aq) or No Reaction

3NaOH (aq) + FeCl3 (aq)  3NaCl (aq) + Fe(OH)3 (s)

Silver chloride (AgCl) and potassium nitrate (KNO3)  No Rxn, but credit

for Ag(NO3) (aq) + KCl (aq) *Some of you correctly saw that AgCl as a

reactant is insoluble, and therefore there can’t be a precipitation reaction

Relative Atomic Masses: O = 16.0; K = 39.10; I = 126.9; Hg = 200.6; N = 14.01

since not all of the reactants are soluble, but if you listed the products as

both being aqueous, I also gave credit, since we didn’t really talk about

this specific example.

Cesium sulfide (Cs2S) and magnesium bromide (MgBr2)  CsBr (aq) + MgS (s)

5. Identify the oxidation state of the chlorine in chlorate

a. -1 b. +1 c. +4 d. +3 e. +5

Remember, chlorate is ClO3-, so there are 3 oxygens which all have a -2

oxidation state, so Cl must be +5 in order for the total charge to be -1.

Relative Atomic Masses: O = 16.0; K = 39.10; I = 126.9; Hg = 200.6; N = 14.01