Homework Help: Stoichiometry

Posted by Kesiah on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 1:41am.

I am taking an online chemistry class and I do not at all understand how on earth how to do stoichiometry. I just dont get it, its not that I dont know how to do the math, but figuring out how to ger the information. PLEASE HELP!!

When 11.7 grams of iron and 212.7 grams of chlorine gas completely react, iron (III) chloride, FeCl3 is formed.

a. write the balanced equation for the reaction

b. calculate the number of moles of each reactant.

c. how many moles of the product are formed?

Stoichiometry - SraJMcGin, Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 9:06am
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some tutorials:

1. http://www.nauticus.org/chemistry/chemstoichiometry.html

2. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/chemistry/gilbert/tutorials/ch4.htm

3. (Part II of #2): http://www.wwnorton.com/college/chemistry/gilbert/overview/ch4.htm

4. (a math problem worked out): http://chemistry.about.com/od/stoichiometry/Stoichiometry.htm

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