Liquid hexane CH3CH24CH3 will react with gaseous oxygen O2 to produce gaseous carbon dioxide CO2 and gaseous water H2O. Suppose 5.2 g of hexane is mixed with 33.0 g of oxygen. Calculate the minimum mass of hexane that could be left over by the chemical reaction. Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

The leftover is 15 g of oxygen rather than liquid hexane as the fuel limits the reaction.

Explanation:

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In this case, since the described combustion reaction is:

Thus, since 5.2 g of hexane (86.2 g/mol) is reacted with 33.0 g of oxygen (32.0 g/mol) we can compute the mass of hexane that was actually consumed via stoichiometry with oxygen (1:19/2 mole ratio):

It is proved then than the hexane won't have any leftover but oxygen does, as shown below:

It means the leftover of oxygen is:

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