Question #8053f

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Jan 8, 2015

The answer is 3.0 g of Ba(SO4) will form in this reaction.

Your general chemical reaction is

Na2SO4(aq)+Ba(NO3)2(aq)BaSO4(s)+2NaNO3(aq)

Notice that you've got a 1:1 mole ratio between Ba(NO3)2 and BaSO4; this means that for every mole of Ba(NO3)2 used, 1 mole of solid will be produced.

The number of Ba(NO3)2 moles can be determined using its molarity:

C=nVnBa(NO3)2=CV=0.50 M25103 L

nBa(NO3)2=0.013 moles

This means of course that nBaSO4=nBa(NO3)2=0.013 moles of solid will be formed. Knowing that BaSO4's molar mass is 233.3 g/mol, the mass produced will be

mBaSO4=nBaSO4233.3gmol=0.013 moles233.3gmol

mBaSO4=3.0 g

The reaction's complete ionic equation is

2Na+(aq)+SO24(aq)+Ba2+(aq)+2NO3(aq)BaSO4(s)+2Na+(aq)+2NO3(aq)

The net ionic equation is

Ba2+(aq)+SO24(aq)BaSO4(s)