How many moles of zinc oxide is produced if 4.44 moles of zinc reacts with excess oxygen?

1 Answer
Dec 19, 2016

Why 4.44 mol precisely.

Explanation:

As for all these problems, we first need a stoichiometrically balanced equation,

Zn(s)+12O2(g)ZnO(s)

And thus between the oxide and the starting metal, there is clearly 1:1 equivalence. So if there are 4.44 moles of zinc, clearly there are 4.44 moles of oxide. If 10 moles of zinc oxide were produced, then how moles of zinc were used?