Consider the reaction between solid C and O2 gas which makes CO2;
C+02 -> CO2
If we have a 14 L container of O2 gas at a pressure of 3.0 atm and a temperature of 298 K and we add 36 g of solid C to the
container, then how many grams of CO2 will be produced by this reaction?

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Answer:

[tex]m_{CO_2}=75.6gCO_2[/tex]

Explanation:

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In this case, according to the given information, it turns out mandatory for us to calculate the reacting moles of both C and O2 because we are given grams and pressure, temperature and volume, respectively:

[tex]n_C=36gC*\frac{1molC}{12gC}=3.0molC \\\\n_{O_2}=\frac{3.0atm*14L}{0.08206\frac{atm*L}{mol*K}*298K}=1.72molO_2[/tex]

Thus, since C and O2 react in a 1:1 mole ratio, we infer C is in excess, and the grams of CO2 can be calculated with the moles of O2:

[tex]m_{CO_2}=1.72molO_2*\frac{1molCO_2}{1molO_2}*\frac{44.01gCO_2}{1molCO_2} \\\\ m_{CO_2}=75.6gCO_2[/tex]

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