1. The solid fuel in the booster stage of the space shuttle is a mixture of ammonium perchlorate and aluminum powder. On ignition, the reaction that takes place is
NH, CIO4(s) + Al(s) - Al, O3(s) + N2(g) + HCIO + H2,00)

a. Balance the equation.

b. What mass in grams of aluminum solid is required to react with 2314 g of NH, CIO, for this
reaction?

C. What mass of AI, O, (alumina, a finely divided white powder that is produced as billows of white
smoke) is formed in the reaction of 3.2 x 109 g of aluminum?