# What volume of .0512 M Ca(OH)2

hebrewhammer640
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I need help with this problem. Using the chemical equation
HNO_2 + Ca(OH)2 = H20 + Ca(NO_2)2, What volume of .0512 M Ca(OH)2 is required to react with 0.2 g of HNO_2? Could you please also show me how to get the answer.

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Please first show us what you've tried so far.

What do you know about attacking problems like this ? What have you been taught and/or what does your text have to say about it ?

hebrewhammer640
i don't really know much at all that's why I need help

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HNO_2 + Ca(OH)2 = H20 + Ca(NO_2)2

First of all, one needs to write a correct equation, Ca(NO_2)2 has 2 (NO_2), so the left side require 2 HNO_2. BTW, is that HNO_2 (nitrous) or HNO_3 (nitric) acid?

With this equation, one using moles. When converting mass (g) to moles, one uses the atomic or molecular mass, e.g. 1 mole of H2 = 2 grams, and 1 mole of H2O = 18 grams.

A mole (abbreviated mol) of a pure substance is a mass of the material in grams that is numerically equal to the molecular mass in atomic mass units (amu). A mole of any material will contain Avogadro's number of molecules. For example, carbon has an atomic mass of exactly 12.0 atomic mass units -- a mole of carbon is therefore 12 grams.
from hyperphsics concepts - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

For some examples of chemical equations, see - http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/reactcon.html#c1

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hebrewhammer640 said:
i don't really know much at all that's why I need help
Well, you really need to learn at least an entire chapter then. Doing one problem for you will not get you terribly far. I suggest you study the chapter(s) in your chemistry text that deals with the mole concept and stoichiometry.

Really, that's the ONLY way to learn the subject...besides paying attention to what happens in classes.

bomba923
hebrewhammer640 said:
I need help with this problem. Using the chemical equation
HNO_2 + Ca(OH)2 = H20 + Ca(NO_2)2, What volume of .0512 M Ca(OH)2 is required to react with 0.2 g of HNO_2? Could you please also show me how to get the answer.

Gokul43201 is correct (I do believe that reading books in general is one of the best way to learn-->or just in my opinion, textbooks can indeed teach better than teachers at times )

As Astronuc suggested, I think your equation should be:
$${\text{2HNO}}_{\text{2}} + {\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2 \to 2{\text{H}}_{\text{2}} {\text{O}} + {\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{NO}}_{\text{2}} } \right)_2$$

If reaction goes to completion, then to find the volume of $0.0512M\;{\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2$ needed to completely react with $0.2g\; {\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}}$, you might want to:

>>1) Convert $0.2g\; {\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}}$ to moles of ${\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}}$.

>>2) Find out from the balanced equation how many moles of ${\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2$ you will need to react with the ${\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}}$.

>>3) Find out how many liters of $0.0512M\;{\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2$ are needed to comprise that many moles of ${\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2$.

>>Put it all together, and you'll have:

$$\left( {\frac{{0.2g\,{\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}} }}{{\text{1}}}} \right)\left( {\frac{{1{\text{ mol HNO}}_{\text{2}} }}{{47g\;{\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}} }}} \right)\left( {\frac{{{\text{1 mol Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2 }}{{{\text{2 mol HNO}}_{\text{2}} }}} \right)\left( {\frac{{{\text{1}}\,{\text{L}}\;{\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2 }}{{0.0512{\text{ mol}}\;{\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2 }}} \right) = \boxed{0.04\,{\text{L}}\;{\text{of }}0.0512M\;{\text{Ca}}\left( {{\text{OH}}} \right)_2 }$$

And your answer will have one significant figure ---> due to those $0.2g\;{\text{HNO}}_{\text{2}}$

Hope this helps! :shy:
(shouldn't this be in the homework section tho? )

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