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Which type of reaction always has an element and a compound as reactants

1.aluminum chloride (alcl3), and sodium hydroxide (naoh) can react to form aluminum hydroxide (al(oh)3) and sodium chloride (nacl).    you have 13.4 g of aluminum chloride and 10.0 g of sodium hydroxide. answer the following questions: •what is the balanced equation for this reaction? •if you use all 13.4 g of aluminum chloride, how many grams of aluminum hydroxide can be formed? work must be shown to earn credit •if you use all 10.0 g of sodium hydroxide, how many grams of aluminum hydroxide can be formed? work must be shown to earn credit •how many grams of aluminum hydroxide will actually be made?     which reagent is limiting? explain your answer.

Explain which group an element with the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d1 4s2 belongs to.