Question
Method 2 - Displacement (d) The chemical equation for the displacement of copper using iron is: CuSO_(4)+Fearrow Cu+FeSO_(4) Calculate the minimum mass of iron needed to displace all of the copper from 50cm^3 of copper(II) sulfate solution. The concentration of the copper(II) sulfate solution is 80 g CuSO_(4) per dm^3 Relative atomic masses (A_(r)):O=16;S=32;Fe=56;Cu=63.5 Give your answer to 2 significant figures. Mass of iron=1.4g_(9)
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Wren
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Answer
37 grams (to 2 s.f).
Explanation
For the reaction
, using stoichiometric calculations we will find that every 1 moles of
consume 1 mole of
. So, to calculate the mass of iron we need to figure out the number moles of
, then calculate the mass of
.Step1: Calculate the concentration of
in
to
:
Then, Find the mass of
in
:
Step 2: Find the molar mass of
: \( M_{\mathrm{CuSO}_{4}} = 63.5 (for \, Cu) + 32 (for \, s) + (16 \times 4)(for \, O)=\mathrm{Molar} \, \mathrm{mass \, of} \, \mathrm{CuSO}_{4} \) Then , Find the number of moles of
: \( Moles= \frac{Mass}{Molar Mass} = \frac{(0.08 \times 50)}{(63.5+32+16*4)} \) Step 3: Find the mass of
:As we calculated before in stoichiometric relation , the numberof moles of
= number of moles of
. so we recalculate : \( Mass+\mathrm{Fe} = moles_{(\mathrm{Fe So_{4})} \times M_{\mathrm{Fe}} \)