How many moles of chlorine gas are needed to make 0.6 moles of sodium chloride given the reaction: #2Na + Cl_2 -> 2NaCl#?

1 Answer
Apr 8, 2018

0.3 moles of chlorine gas gives 0.6 moles of sodium chloride

Explanation:

as, 1 mole of Cl#rarr#2 moles of NaCl
so, 1 mole of NaCl#rarr 1/2#moles of Cl
now, 0.6 mole NaCl#rarr1/2*0.6# moles of Cl
i.e. =#1/2*0.6=0.5*0.6#
=#0.3# moles of Cl