General Chemistry 1

Problem Set
Limiting Reactants
1. Ammonia is produced from the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen according to the
following unbalanced equation:
N2 (g) + H2 (g) → NH3 (g)
a. What is the maximum mass of ammonia that can be produced from a mixture of 1.00
x 103 g N2 and 5.00 3 102 g H2?
b. What mass of which starting material would remain unreacted?
2. Hydrogen peroxide is used as a cleansing agent in the treatment of cuts and abrasions
for several reasons. It is an oxidizing agent that can directly kill many microorganisms; it
decomposes on contact with blood, releasing elemental oxygen gas (which inhibits the
growth of anaerobic microorganisms); and it foams on contact with blood, which
provides a cleansing action. In the laboratory, small quantities of hydrogen peroxide can
be prepared by the action of an acid on an alkaline earth metal peroxide, such as barium
peroxide:
BaO2 (s) + 2HCl (aq) →H2O2 (aq) + BaCl2 (aq)
What mass of hydrogen peroxide should result when 1.50 g barium peroxide is treated
with 25.0 mL hydrochloric acid solution containing 0.0272 g HCl per mL? What mass of
which reagent is left unreacted?

Percent Yield
Bornite (Cu3FeS3) is a copper ore used in the production of copper. When heated, the
following reaction occurs:
2Cu3FeS3 (s) + 7O2 (g) →6Cu(s) + 2FeO(s) + 6SO2 (g)
If 2.50 metric tons of bornite is reacted with excess O2 and the process has an 86.3% yield of
copper, what mass of copper is produced?
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