Iron metal reacts with oxygen to produce iron (lll) oxide. If you have 12.0 moles of iron for a complete reaction, what do you need?

1 Answer
Feb 5, 2017

2Fe(s) + 3/2O_2(g) rarr Fe_2O_3(s)

Explanation:

We need a stoichiometric equation:

2Fe(s) + 3/2O_2(g) rarr Fe_2O_3(s)

And thus if 12.0*mol of metal oxidize, then CLEARLY, by the given stoichiometry, 18.0*mol of dioxygen gas are required.

What masses of gas and metal are required for the given reaction?