Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Simple Stoichiometry

Stoichiometry is the measurement of the different quantities and relations between products and reactants.

It is very simple. In a chemical equation, you can obtain moles of a reactant from moles of a product and vice versa.

The stoichiometry ratio is WHAT YOU NEED/WHAT YOU GET
THIS IS THE MOLE RATIO.

For example: __H2 + __O2 -----> __H2O
BALANCE: 2H2 + 1O2 ----> 2H2O
Use the numbers in front to use the mole ration for stoichiometry.
If you have moles of oxygen( lets say 4.1 moles of oxygen) you can convert to moles of H2O.

4.1 mol O2 x 2 mol H2O/4.1 mol O2 = 2 mol H2O

It is very straightforward but harder stuff is to come!!

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