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Chapter 9: Q74 E (page 511)

Methanol,CH3OH, is produced industrially by the following reaction:

Assuming that the gases behave as ideal gases, find the ratio of the total volume of the reactants to the final volume.

Short Answer

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The ratio of the total volume of reactants to the final volume is obtained as 3:1.

Step by step solution

01

Define Gas

One of the four fundamental states of matter, a gas is made up of particles with no definite volume or structure.

02

 Evaluating the ratio

Using the Avogadro’s law at the constant pressure and the temperature is:

\(\begin{array}{c}{\rm{V \alpha n or V = k \times n or}}\\\frac{{{{\rm{V}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{{{{\rm{n}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{{\rm{V}}_{\rm{2}}}}}{{{{\rm{n}}_{\rm{2}}}}}\end{array}\)

The value of \({{\rm{V}}_{\rm{1}}}\) is the total volume of reactants.

The value of \({{\rm{V}}_{\rm{2}}}\) is the final volume.

\(\begin{array}{c}\frac{{{{\rm{V}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{{{{\rm{V}}_{\rm{2}}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{{\rm{n}}_{\rm{1}}}}}{{{{\rm{n}}_{\rm{2}}}}}\\{\rm{ = }}\frac{{\rm{3}}}{{\rm{1}}}\end{array}\)

Therefore, the ratio is\({\rm{3:1}}\).

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