How many grams of H2 must react, if the reaction needs to produced 63.5g of NH3?

1 Answer
Feb 6, 2017

We need approx. 12g of dihydrogen gas.........

Explanation:

As a preliminary we require a stoichiometrically balanced equation:

12N2(g)+32H2(g)NH3(g)

Is this balanced?

Moles of ammonia=63.5g17.01gmol1=3.73mol.

Given the stoichiometric equation, clearly, we need 32 equiv of dihydrogen gas:

i.e. 32×3.73mol×2.02gmol1=11.3g

How much dinitrogen do we need?