The fizz produced when an Alka-Seltzer tablet is dissolved in water is due to the reaction

between sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and citric acid (H3C6H5O7):

3 NaHCO3(aq) + H3C6H5O7(aq) 3 CO2(g) + 3H2O(l) + Na3C6H5O7(aq)
In a certain experiment 1.00 g of sodium bicarbonate (FW=84.00) and 1.00 g of citric
acid (MW=192.12) are allowed to react. How many grams of carbon dioxide (MW=44.01)
form?

An element X forms an iodide, Xl 3, and a chloride XCl3. The iodide is quantitatively

converted to the chloride when it is heated in a stream of chlorine: 2XI 3 + 3Cl2 2XCl3 +
3I2.
If 0.5000 g of Xl3 is treated, 0.2360 g of XCl3 is obtained. Calculate the atomic weight of
the element X.
AW of Cl = 35.45 AW of I= 126.90

A method used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for determining the
concentration of ozone in air is to pass the air sample through a bubbler containing
sodium iodide, which removes the ozone according to the following equation: O 3(g) +
2NaI(aq) + H2O(l) O2(g) + I2(s) + 2NaOH(aq).
How many grams of sodium iodide (FW=149.89) are needed to remove 1.3 mg of O 3
(MW=48.00)?

The fat stored in a camels hump is a source of both energy and water. Calculate the
mass of H2O (MW=18.02) produced by the metabolism of 1.0 kg of fat, assuming the fat
consists entirely of tristearin (C 57H110O6), a typical animal fat, and assuming that during
metabolism, tristearin (MW=891.47) reacts with O2 to form only CO2 and H2O.