What volume of hydrogen gas is produced when #"6 g"# of magnesium reacts?
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Well, I got a more exact answer... but you have only allowed yourself one significant figure. Sorry to say, I can only give your answer to zero decimal places.
#V_(H_2(g)) ~~ "6 L"# ...
I assume you mean
#"Mg"(s) + 2"HCl"(aq) -> "MgCl"_2(aq) + "H"_2(g)#
If we are on the same page, then for every
This means that from the molar mass of
#6 cancel"g Mg" xx cancel"1 mol Mg"/(24.305 cancel"g Mg") xx ("1 mol H"_2)/(cancel"1 mol Mg")#
#= "0.2467 mols H"_2# were produced.
Now, at this point, we would assume that
#PV = nRT# where:
#P# is the pressure in#"atm"# .#V# is the volume in#"L"# .#n# is the#bb"mols"# of ideal gas.#R = "0.082057 L"cdot"atm/mol"cdot"K"# is the universal gas constant with the appropriate units.#T# is the temperature in#"K"# .
And thus,
#V_(H_2(g)) = (nRT)/P#
#= (("0.2467 mols H"_2)("0.082057 L"cdot"atm/mol"cdot"K")(25 + "273.15 K"))/("1 atm")#
#= "6.0396 L H"_2#
Unfortunately, you have only allowed yourself a measly one significant figure. :( I'm sorry.
You can only say you have