If #12*L# of hydrogen gas react with #12*L# of chlorine gas, what volume of #HCl(g)# will result?
1 Answer
Apr 19, 2017
The volume of a gas is equivalent to the number of molecules it contains under equivalent temperature and pressure. And thus we should get
Explanation:
We interrogate the reaction:
equivalently,
Given the opening statement, i.e. which is due to Avogadro, the volumes are proportional to the number of molecules each gas contains. Dihydrogen gas is present in HALF MOLAR proportion, and dichlorine is present in excess. And thus, given complete reaction,
All of this is based on the stoichiometric equation..........