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Have you ever added salt to your fries to give it more flavor? The salt you added was created by the following chemical reaction:
2Na(s)+Cl2(g)2NaCl(s)
What is the minimum amount of sodium that must be reacting with one mole of chlorine to produce the salt you add to your food?

A
1 mole
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1 gram
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C
2 moles
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2 grams
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Solution

The correct option is C 2 moles

2Na(s) + Cl2(g)2NaCl(s)

To react with 1 mole of chlorine, we need two moles of sodium to create two moles of sodium chloride.

The minimum amount of sodium =2 moles


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