When CrI3 is treated with Cl2 in basic medium, the following reaction takes place. CrI3+KOH+Cl2→K2Cr2O7+KIO4+KCl+H2O To produce 81 mols of potassium chloride, how many mols of CrI3 should be taken?
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Solution
Balanced reaction is given: 2CrI3+64KOH+27Cl2→2K2Cr2O7+6KIO4+54KCl+32H2O To produce 54 moles of KCl we need 2 moles of CrI3 So, for 81 moles we will need 81×254=3