Homework Help: ap chemistry

Posted by cheri on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 7:52pm.

Nitroglycerin is a shock-sensitive liquid that
detonates by the reaction
4C3H5(NO3)3(`) −!
6N2(g) + 10H2O(g) + 12CO2(g) + O2(g)
Calculate the total volume of product gases
at 210 kPa and 296C from the detonation of
2.7 lb (1224.7 g) of nitroglycerin.
Answer in units of L

ap chemistry - DrBob222, Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 8:28pm
Convert grams nitroglycerin to mols. mols = grams/molar mass
Use the coefficients in the balanced equation to convert mols nitroglycerin to mols of each product. Find total mols and convert to volume in liters.

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