Concept explainers
Interpretation: The information regarding the inert gases and formation of stable compounds by xenon and its reaction with fluorine using nickel catalyst is given. The theoretical mass of xenon tetrafluoride formed after reaction of xenon with fluorine and percent yield of xenon terafluoride is to be stated.
Concept introduction: The reactant that gets completely utilized in the reaction is defined as limiting reagent.
The number of moles is calculated as shown below:
The formula to calculate percent yield is shown below:
Answer to Problem 47A
The theoretical mass of xenon tetrafluoride is
Explanation of Solution
Given information : The given mass of xenon is
The molar mass of xenon is
The molar mass of fluorine is
The given chemical equation is shown below:
The above equation shows that one mole of xenon reacts with two moles of fluorine gas. The limiting reagent is determined as shown below:
Thus, xenon acts as a limiting reagent.
The number of moles of xenon tetrafluoride generated from given amount of xenon is calculated as shown below:
The molar mass of xenon tetrafluoride is
Substitute the values in equation (2) to calculate the percent yield as shown below:
The theoretical mass of xenon tetrafluoride is
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