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kikienders
Jul 24, 2007, 08:15 PM
How many grams of O2 can be produced by decomposing 100.0g of BaO2 to BaO and O2?

I started by balancing 2BaO2 yields 2BaO + O2

100.0g of BO2 x 1 mol O2 x 32g mol O2 = 18.9g of O2 produced
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169.3g BaO2 1 mol O2


I feel like I didn't set this up right. I thought I had to use the 2:1 rati of 2 BaO and 1 O2

Am I somewhat on the right track?

Rose Tainted Ebony
Aug 8, 2007, 01:54 AM
With 2BaO2-->2BaO+O2 u have 2 oxygens on one side and 3 on the other... may I suggest 4BaO2-->4BaO+2O2