EXERCISE 9-2 Gases and Stoichiometry

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1 The reaction for this question will be used for questions 1 - 4. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of hydrogen with oxygen to give water. What is the sum of the lowest whole number set of coefficients?
5
4
3
6
Default answer if you cannot figure it out.

2 For the reaction in number 1, assuming ideal gas behavior and equal temperatures and pressures, how many liters of oxygen are needed for complete combustion of 6.00 liters of hydrogen?
6.00 L
3.00 L
12.0 L
None of the previous answers.

3 For the reaction in number 1, how many grams of water should be produced from the reaction of 6.00 liters of hydrogen at 127oC and 1.00 atm with an excess of oxygen?
4.82 g
10.4 g
6.00x103 g
3.29 g
None of the previous answers.

4 The reaction for this question will be used for questions 4 - 7. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of ethane (C2H6) with oxygen to give carbon dioxide and water. What is the sum of the lowest whole number set of coefficients?
4
13
19
12
Default answer if you cannot figure it out.

5 For the reaction in number 4, assuming ideal gas behavior and equal temperatures and pressures, how many liters of oxygen are needed for complete combustion of 1.00 liters of ethane?
22.4 L
3.50 L
7.00 L
0.286 L
None of the previous answers.

6 For the reaction in number 4, if 3.0 grams of ethane are burned how many liters of carbon dioxide are formed at STP?
4.5 L
2.2 L
1.1 L
None of the previous answers.

7 For the reaction in number 4, if 3.0 grams of ethane are burned how many liters of carbon dioxide are formed at 750 torr and 25oC?
4.5 L
5.0 L
2.5 L
1.2 L
None of the previous answers.

8 The reaction for this question will be used for questions 8 - 10. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction of aluminum with hydrochloric acid to give aluminum chloride and hydrogen gas. What is the sum of the lowest whole number set of coefficients?
4
8
12
13
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9 When 5.4 grams of aluminum reacts with an excess of HCl, how many liters of hydrogen gas should be obtained at 1.00 atm and 25oC?
4.9 L
0.62 L
7.3 L
None of the previous answers.

10 When a 0.350 gram sample of aluminum reacts with excess HCl, a volume of 488 mL of hydrogen at a corrected pressure of 753 mm at 25oC is obtained. What is the experimental value for the atomic mass of aluminum from this experiment?
27.0 g/mol
17.7 g/mol
53.0 g/mol
26.5 g/mol
None of the previous answers.

11 The reaction for this question will be used for questions 11 and 12. Ammonium nitrate is a very valuable fertilizer because of its high nitrogen content. Unfortunately, the nitrogen content also makes it potentially explosive. In 1947, ammonium nitrate on a ship in Texas City exploded killing 600 people and injuring 3500. Write a balanced chemical equation for the decomposition of ammonium nitrate into nitrogen, water and oxygen. What is the sum of the lowest whole number set of coefficients?
9
4
8
7
Default answer if you cannot figure it out.

12 For each mole of ammonium nitrate that decomposes, how many moles of gas are produced (because of the exothermicity of the reaction, the water is produced in the gas phase)?
7 moles
0.29 moles
3 1/2 moles
None of the previous answers.

13 You may want to visit the site on meteorology, climatology and atmospheric composition at:
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7a.html to find the answers to the questions that follow. What are the three most abundant gases in dry air? 
nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide
nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen
nitrogen, oxygen, helium
carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane
None of the previous answers.

14 Which value below is the closest to the percentage of the fourth most abundant gas (carbon dioxide) in dry air?
1%
0.1%
0.04%
0.01%
0.001%

15 Click on http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/7y.html and observe Figure 7y-3. Calculate the approximate percentage increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration between the years 1750 and 1990.
1%
30%
5%
10%
None of the previous answers.

16 What is the formula of ozone?
NO2
O
O2
O3
None of the previous answers.

17 Are the greenhouse effect and the ozone hole strongly or very weakly connected?
Weakly.
Strongly.


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