How many grams of oxygen can be produced from the decomposition of 100. g of kclo3?

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Luca Marquez

Chemistry

25 May, 22:45

How many grams of oxygen can be produced from the decomposition of 100. g of kclo3?

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Giovani · Answer 1

100 g of KClO3 @ 122.55 g/mol = 0.816 moles of KClO3

by the reaction

2 KClO3 - - > 2 KCl & 3 O2

0.816 moles of KClO3 @ 3 moles O2 / 2 moles KClO3 = 1.224 moles of O2 can be made using molar mass

1.224 moles of O2 @ 32.0 g/mol =

39.2 grams of O2 can be made