2. The body combines glucose, C6H12O6, and oxygen, O2, in a process called metabolism, to give carbon dioxide and water. How many grams of oxygen must the body take in to completely process 1.00 g of glucose?
a. Write the balanced equation for this combustion reaction.
b. How many moles of glucose are in 1.00 gram?
c. How many moles of molecular oxygen are needed to completely react all of the glucose?
d. How many grams of molecular oxygen does the answer in part c correspond to?
3. Oxygen gas can be produced in the laboratory by decomposition of potassium chlorate (KClO3):
____KClO3 (s) → ____KCl (s) + ____O2(g)
How many kg of O2 can be produced from 1.0 kg of KClO3?