Question

If you start with 1.2 moles of NaCl, how many moles of CCl4 would you produce?(SHOW YOUR WORK)

Answer 1

The balanced equation of the reaction that they describe to us says:

$CO_2+4NaCl\rightarrow CCl_4+2Na_2O$

We see that 4 moles of NaCl produce 1 mole of CCl4. Therefore, the CCl4 to NaCl ratio is 1/4. So if we have 1.2 moles of NaCl, the moles of CCl4 that can be produced will be:

$molCCl_4=givenmolNaCl\times\frac{1molCCl_4}{4molNaCl}$$molCCl_4=1.2molNaCl\times\frac{1molCCl_4}{4molNaCl}$$molCCl_4=0.3molCCl_4$

Answer: If we start with 1.2 moles of NaCl, it would be produced 0.3 moles of CCl4