You are producing magnesium oxide by the reaction 2 Mg + O 2 > 2 MgO . If you start out with 6 moles of magnesium, how many moles of oxygen will you need? How many moles of magnesium oxide will you produce?
If we have 6 moles of magnesium, then we use the ratios from the balanced equation to find the moles of oxygen needed
MOLES O₂ = MOLES MG * (1 O₂ / 2 Mg) <--- we get this from equation = 6 mol Mg * (1 O₂ / 2 Mg) = 3 mol O₂ We need 3 moles of oxygen otherwise we will not have all 6 moles of magnesium react. This will product
MOLES MgO = MOLES MG * (2 MgO / 2 Mg) = 6 mol Mg * (2 MgO / 2 Mg) = 6 mol MgO We will produce 6 moles of magnesium oxide
