Answer:
The answer to your question is Al₂O₃
Explanation:
Data
mass of Al₂O₃ = 3.87 g
mass of H₂O = 5.67 g
Balanced chemical reaction
Al₂O₃ + H₂O ⇒ 2Al(OH)₃
- Calculate the molar mass
Al₂O₃ = (27 x 2) + (16 x 3) = 102 g
H₂O = (1 x 2) + 16 = 18
- Calculate the theoretical and experimental proportion
Theoretical proportion = 102/ 18 = 4.67
Experimental proportion = 3.87/5.67 = 0.68
- Conclusion
As the experimental proportion diminishes, we conclude that the limiting reactant is Al₂O₃.
Answer:
If aluminum oxide is placed in a container containing water, the reaction would not occur at all. So there would be no limiting reactant to begin with if there is no reaction.
Explanation:
This is because aluminum oxide unlike the oxides of the alkaline earth metals is insoluble in water and hence cannot mix to form products with water because the oxide ions are held very strongly to the solid lattice structure of the aluminum.
