One mole of potassium chlorate is thermally decomposed and excess of aluminium is burnt in the gaseous product. How many moles of aluminium oxide are formed?
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Solution
The reactions are :
KClO3 = 1/2 2KCl + 3/2O2 2Al + 3/2O2 = 2Al2O3
ā3/2 moles of O2 are formed from one mole of potassium chlorate and 2 moles of aluminium oxide are formed from 3/2 moles of oxygen.
The answer is 2 moles of aluminium oxide. ā