Concept explainers
Interpretation: The mass of oxygen needed for complete combustion of 150 g of acetylene needs to be calculated.
Concept introduction: The ratio of mass of substance to its molar mass is said to be number of moles of that substance.
Answer to Problem 58A
The mass of oxygen needed for complete combustion of 150 g of acetylene is 460.77 g.
Explanation of Solution
The balanced complete chemical equation for the combustion of acetylene is:
The molar mass of acetylene is 26.04 g/mol. The number of moles of acetylene is calculated as shown:
From the balanced
Now, the mass of oxygen needed for complete combustion of 150 g of acetylene is calculated as:
The molar mass of oxygen is 31.998 g/mol. So,
Hence, the mass of oxygen needed for complete combustion of 150 g of acetylene is 460.77 g.
460.77 g is the mass of oxygen needed for complete combustion of 150 g of acetylene.
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