Chapter 9, Problem 10PE

(a)

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The moles of sodium hydroxide react with $17$ moles of sulfuric acid have to be given.

Concept Introduction:

Mole ratio:

A mole ratio is a ratio between the numbers of moles of any two species involved in a chemical reaction.

Example,

In the reaction, ${\text{2H}}_{\text{2}}{\text{+O}}_{\text{2}}\stackrel{}{\to }{\text{2H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}$, the mole ratio can be written as $\frac{\text{2}\text{mol}{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}{\text{1}\text{mol}{\text{O}}_{\text{2}}}.$

(b)

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The moles of ${\text{Na}}_{\text{2}}{\text{SO}}_{\text{4}}$  produced from $21$ moles of $\text{NaOH}$ have to be given.

Concept Introduction:

Refer to part (a).