Aluminum bronze contains 92.0% copper and 8.0% aluminum. What maximum mass of aluminum bronze can be prepared from 73.5 grams of copper and 42.2 grams of aluminum?How do I set this up?
Since copper is the major part, that is the limiting element here. The amount of aluminum is pretty much irrelevant, as long as it's enough. If you use all the copper, the amount of the compound will be 73.5 / 0.92 = 79.9 (rounded) << Answer It will use 79.9 - 73.5 g = 6.4 g of aluminum. .92 * 79.9 = 73.5 .08 * 79.9 = 6.4
