How many moles of oxygen gas are required to combust a #4*mol# quantity of acetylene completely?
2 Answers
Mar 11, 2016
Explanation:
The balanced chemical equation is given. Each mole of acetylene requires two and a half moles of oxygen gas. So if 4 mol acetylene are combusted, some 10 moles of dioxygen are necessary.
Mar 11, 2016
Explanation:
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First thing to do is to balance the chemical equation; The balanced equation is:
#2C_2H_2 + 5O_2 rarr 4CO_2 + 2H_2O# -
Then use the coefficients, which represents the number of mol of its compound/molecules in said reaction, to get the number of mol of
#O_2# molecules; - Multiply the mol of acetylene as provided in the problem (
#4 mol C_2H_2# ) with the convertion ratio of the moles of acetylene and oxygen molecules (#(5 mol O_2)/(2mol C_2H_2# )) based on the balanced equation; - Make sure to cancel the mole of
#C_2H_2# and get your desired mole of#O_2# molecules. - The answer per computation is 10 mol of
#O_2# moleules