How many moles of sodium are needed to produce 2.4 mol of sodium oxide?

Explanation:

4

N

a

+

O

2

→

2

N

a

2

O

.

By the stoichiometry of this reaction if 5 mol natrium react, then 2.5 mol

N

a

2

O

should result.

Explanation:

The molecular mass of natrium oxide is

61.98

g

⋅

m

o

l

−

1

. If

5

m

o

l

natrium react, then

5

2

m

o

l

×

61.98

g

⋅

m

o

l

−

1

=

154.95

g

natrium oxide should result.

So what have I done here? First, I had a balanced chemical equation (this is the important step; is it balanced?). Then I used the stoichiometry to get the molar quantity of product, and converted this molar quantity to mass. If this is not clear, I am willing to have another go.

definition

                    entropy is a measure of the randomness or the extent of disorder of a chemical process.

                      enthalpy is a measure of the heat change of a reaction occurring at a constant pressure.

measurement units:

                        entropy is measured in joule per kelvin (jk⁻¹)   whereas enthalpy is measured in joule per mole (jmol⁻¹)

requirements:

                            entropy has no requirements or limits, and its change is measured by the division between the heat change of the chemical process and the temperature.

                              in contrast, enthalpy can only be related to the heat change of the reaction under standard conditions.