Molar mass CO2 is 44.01 g/mol. How many moles of LiOH are needed to react completely with 25.5 g of CO2?
Given:
Molar mass CO2 is 44.01 g/mol
25.5 g of CO2
Required:
Moles of LiOH
Solution:
Balanced equation is:
2LiOH +CO2 → Li2CO3 + H2O
25.5g CO2 (1 mole CO2/44.01
g/mol CO2)(2 moles LiOH/1 mol CO2) = 1.16 moles LiOH