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Silicon nitride (Si3N4) a valuable ceramic is made by the direct combination of silicon and nitrogen at high temperature. How much silicon must react with excess nitrogen to prepare 125gsilicon nitride if the yield of the reaction is 95.0%?

Short Answer

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Amount if silicon required from the reaction is 79.3g.

Step by step solution

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Balanced chemical equation

The silicon nitride made from direct combination of silicon and nitrogen.

The balanced reaction for this is:

Si + N2 Si3N2

Assigning coefficientto, so left side coefficient ofmust beto balance amount ofon both sides.

Same argument foratoms, coefficient ofmust be.

So balanced equation is:

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