Stoichiometry & The Mole Concept: Writing Ionic Equations
Stoichiometry & The Mole Concept: Writing Ionic Equations
Write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction. Include the state symbols.
Identify ionic compounds that are soluble in water. These compounds become ions in H20.
Rewrite the chemical equation in terms of ions.
Cancel out the spectator ions (Common).
Write the ionic equation.
The mass of one mole of atoms is its relative atomic mass in grams.
Hydrogen has (1*2) = 2 and H20 has relative molecular mass of (1*2) + 16 = 18
Relative Formula Mass (Mr):
The mass of a substance made of ions is known as relative formula mass. Ammonia (NH3) has Mr
of (1*14) + (3*1) = 58.5.
The Mole:
A mole of a substance is the amount that contains the same number of units as the number of
Carbon atoms in 12 grams of carbon-12.
Avogradoes Number:
Number of Particles in one mole = 6.02 * 1023
Example:
Emperical Formula:
Examples:
A compound has 40% Carbon 6.6% Hydrogen & 53.3% Oxygen. Calculate the Emperical Formula
of the compound.
C H O
40 6.6 53.3
1 2 1
E.g 2 O.72g of Mg combines with 0.28g of Nitrogen. Find its Emperical Formula.
Mg N
0.72 0.28
0.72/24 0.28/14
0.03 0.02
0.03/0.02 0.02/0.02
1.5 1
1.5 * 2 1*2
3 2
Molecular Formulae:
The molecular formula shows the actual number of atoms that combine to form a molecule.
34/17 = 2
HO * 2 = H202
Percentage yield:
Yeild is the amount of product, obtained from a reaction.
Actual Yeild:
It is the amount collected at the end of a chemical reaction. The actual yield is always less than the
theoretical yield. It is also known as the Practical Yeild.
Theoratical Yeid:
It is the calculated yield of the amount of prosuct by using stoichiometry. In this Yeild 100% reactants
are converted to products, with no losses.
Percentage Purity:
Percentage Purity indicates the amount od pure substance present in a sample of chemical
substance.