As a Purchasing Agent for a Pharmaceutical Company, How Much

question 59

Multiple Choice

As a purchasing agent for a pharmaceutical company, how much chlorine, Cl₂, do you need to order to react completely with 500 kg of platinum, Pt, to make cisplatin, PtCl₂(NH₃) ₂?

• A)182 kg
• B)500 kg
• C)2,564 kg
• D)364 kg
• E)91 kg

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