Hydrogen peroxide is used as a cleaning agent in the treatment of cuts and abrasions for several reasons. It is an oxidizing agent that can directly kill many microorganisms; it decomposes upon contact with blood, releasing elemental oxygen gas (which inhibits the growth of anaerobic microorganisms); and it foams upon contact with blood, which provides a cleansing action. In the laboratory, small quantities of hydrogen peroxide can be prepared by the action of an acid on an alkaline earth metal peroxide, such as barium peroxide. BaO2(s) + 2 HCl(aq) H2O2(aq) + BaCl2(aq) What mass of hydrogen peroxide should result when 1.45 g of barium peroxide is treated with 25.4 mL of hydrochloric acid solution containing 0.0280 g of HCl per mL?
Hydrogen peroxide is used as a cleaning agent in the treatment of cuts and abrasions for several reasons. It is an oxidizing agent that can directly kill many microorganisms; it decomposes upon contact with blood, releasing elemental oxygen gas (which inhibits the growth of anaerobic microorganisms); and it foams upon contact with blood, which provides a cleansing action. In the laboratory, small quantities of hydrogen peroxide can be prepared by the action of an acid on an alkaline earth metal peroxide, such as barium peroxide.
What mass of hydrogen peroxide should result when 1.45 g of barium peroxide is treated with 25.4 mL of hydrochloric acid solution containing 0.0280 g of HCl per mL?
What mass of which reagent is left unreacted?
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