What mass of chlorine gas is produced by the reaction of 1.26g of ammonia perchlorate?

Question

Ammonia perchlorate (NH4CIO4) is solid rocket fuel. It reacts with itself to produce nitrogen gas (N2), chlorine gas (Cl2), oxygen gas (O2) water (H2O) and a great deal of energy. What mass of chlorine gas is produced by the reaction of 1.26g of ammonia perchlorate?

Answer 1

The name of the ionic compound is ammonium perchlorate. To solve this problem you have to balance the decomposition reaction:

 

2 NH4ClO4 --> N2 + Cl2 + 2 O2 + 4 H2O

 

At this point you have to use stoichiometry to fully solve the problem. You will need the molecular masses of NH4ClO4 and Cl2.

 

I will leave this portion of the problem for you to solve.