Stoichiometry, Mole Concept

& Mole-Mole Problems

By: Leah Rose F. Paras

Stoichiometry is derived from the Greek
words stoicheion which means elements and metron
which means measure. Known as the Mathematics of
Chemical Formulas, stoichiometry is the study of the
quantitative relationships that can be derived from
chemical formulas and from chemical equations. It is also
the precise measurement of the reactants to know the
products in a reaction. It encompasses the relationship of
quantities (mass of substance or volume of gas) in a
chemical change according to the balanced chemical
equation.
All reactions are dependent on how much
stuff you have. Stoichiometry helps you figure out how much of a compound you will need, or
maybe how much you started with. We can say that reactions depend on the compounds involved
and how much of each compound is needed.


When doing stoichiometric problems, we have to observe
and deal with the following factors:
- Mass of Reactants (chemicals before the reaction)
- Mass of Products (chemicals after the reaction)
- Chemical Equations
- Molecular Weights of Reactants and Products
- Formulas of Various Compounds






Reactant one of the starting substances involved in a chemical reaction.
Product a new substance formed during chemical reaction.
Mole - A mole is the amount of pure substance containing the same
number of chemical units as there are atoms in exactly 12 grams of
carbon-12 (i.e., 6.023 X 1023). The mass in grams of one mole of a
compound is equal to the molecular weight of the compound in
atomic mass units. One mole of a compound contains
6.022x1023 molecules of the compound. The mass of 1 mole of a
compound is called its molar weight or molar mass.








STOICHIOMETRY CONCERNING MOLE-MOLE PROBLEMS
(a type of calculation that relates the moles of two substances
participating in a balanced chemical equation.)

1. (a)

2.25 mol CH4 mol O2
Use the ratio and proportion method to solve this problem.
mol
mol

mol
mol

Cross multiply and divide afterwards to find the unknown value.
x mol O2 = 4.50 mol O2

You can also use the dimensional analysis in this problem:
mol
mol
mol


(b) 2.25 mol CH4 mol CO2
Apply the same steps on the next problem.







mol = weight of sample (g) / molar weight (g/mol)
CH4 + 2O2 CO2 + H2O
x mol CO2 = 2.25 mol CO2

You can also use the dimensional analysis in this problem:
mol
mol
mol


2.


0.010 mol O2 x molecules H2O
Apply the same steps used in the previous problem, however, multiply 6.02 x 10
23
to the denominator of
the right hand side of the equation because the number of particles is what we are looking for.
mol
mol

mol
(

)molecules

X molecules H2O = 1.2 x 10
22
molecules of H2O
You can also use the dimensional analysis in this problem:
mol
mol
mol

mol

3.

mol
mol

mol
mol

X mol CO2 = 15 mol CO2
You can also use the dimensional analysis in this problem:
mol
mol
mol



2H2 + O2 2H2O
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6 H2O