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Stoichiometry Lab Report

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Stoichiometry is a branch of chemistry which involves the study of the amount of substances which are involved in a reaction. More specifically, stoichiometry is the use of the product reactant relationship in a chemical equation to acquire a desired quantitative outcome. This process can be used to measure a variety of components in a chemical reaction such as molar ratios, molecular weights, the number of products produced in a reaction, and the quantity of the reactants which will be used in a chemical reaction. In this experiment, stoichiometry was used in order to determine the amount of aluminum needed to produce between 0.1 and 0.2 grams of copper when given copper (II) chloride in excess. However, in order to determine the amount of aluminum needed to produce between 0.1 and 0.2 grams of copper, first one must analyze the reaction which occurs between the aluminum and copper (II) chloride. …show more content…

This is due to the fact that an element reacts with a compound and takes the place of another element in said compound. This can be observed when looking at the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between the aluminum and copper (II) chloride. The equation of said reaction is 2Al(s)+3CuCl2 (aq)3Cu(s)+2AlCl3 (aq) or aluminum solid and copper (II) chloride react to yield copper solid and aluminum chloride. When looking at the equation one can see that the element aluminum reacts with the compound copper (II) chloride and takes the place of the element copper. Therefore, showing how this reaction constitutes an example of a single replacement reaction. This is significant seeing as the type of reaction between the aluminum and copper (II) chloride allows one to determine the procedures which will be followed throughout the

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