7. Disulfur dichloride can be made by reacting chlorine gas with molten sulfur. What is the yield of S2Cl2 expected in a laboratory experiment from the reaction of 10.0 g S8 and 6.00 g Cl2? What if the reaction consistently gives an 85.0 % yield?

11.4g of S₂Cl₂ is the expected yield

9.69g of S₂Cl₂ are produced with a 85% yield

Explanation:

The reaction of sulfur S₈ with Cl₂ to produce S₂Cl₂ is:

S₈ + 4Cl₂ → 4S₂Cl₂

Where 1 mole of sulfur reacts with four moles of chlorine to produce four moles of disulfur dichloride.

To find the limiting reactant you need to convert mass of each reactant to moles using its molar mass, thus:

S₈ (Molar mass: 256.52g/mol): 10.0g ₓ (1mol / 256.52g) = 0.0390 moles S₈

Cl₂ (Molar mass: 70.9g/mol): 6.00g ₓ (1mol / 70.9g) = 0.0846 moles Cl₂

For a complete reaction of 0.0390 moles of sulfur, there are necessaries:

0.0390 mol S₈ ₓ (4 mol Cl₂ / 1 mol S₈) = 0.156 moles Cl₂. As you have just 0.0846 moles of chlorine, Cl₂ is the limiting reactant.

As 4 moles of Cl₂ produce 4 moles of S₂Cl₂. 0.0846 moles of Cl₂ produce, in theory, 0.0846 moles of S₂Cl₂ (Molar mass: 135.04g/mol). In mass:

0.0846 moles S₂Cl₂ ₓ (135.04g/mol) =

If you produce just the 85.0% of yield, mass of S₂Cl₂ is:

11.4g ₓ 85% =

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.

as given the equation is

2al + 6 hcl > 2 alcl3 + 3 h2(g)

as per equation two moles of aluminum reacts with six moles of hcl to give two moles of alcl3 and three moles of hydrogen gas

given: three moles of al are present and 7 moles of hcl

for three moles of aluminum nine moles of hcl will be required

however as 7 moles of hcl are present so the limiting reagent is hcl

hcl is going to decide the number of moles of product formed

when six moles of hcl are present = 3 moles of h2 are formed

when one mole of hcl is present == 3/6 mole sof h2 will be formed

when 7 moles of hcl are present = 3 x 7/ 6 moles of h2 will be formed = 3.5 moles of h2