In the metallurgic industry one of the processes to get pure iron takes tree steps. a) CaCO3→CaO + CO2

b) CO2 + C → CO

c) Fe2O3 + CO → Fe + CO2

Calculate the kilograms of iron that would be produced from 1340 g of calcium carbonate.

Mass of Iron produced : 1.5 kg

Reaction

a) CaCO3→CaO + CO2

b) CO2 + C → 2CO

c) Fe2O3 + 3CO → 2Fe + 3CO2

From the reaction above : 1 mol CaCO₃ = 2 mol Fe

mol CaCO₃ :

1340 : 100 g/mol = 13.4

mol Fe :

2 x 13.4 = 26.8

mass Fe :

26.8 x 56 g/mol=1500.8 g⇒1.5 kg

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.