An sodium metal salt is prepared from #3.0*g# metal and #2.0*g# of iodine. What is the MAXIMUM possible mass of #NaI# that can be prepared?
1 Answer
Oct 26, 2016
Well, first you need a stoichiometric equation......
Explanation:
Now clearly, the metal is present in vast stoichiometric excess. At most, we can form
Note that the halogens, as elements, are all binuclear,