Areaction require 1 mole of a gas at stp. you have 45.0l of a gas at 100kpa and 373k. which of the following statements is true? use the formula: pv=nrt where the gas is constant is 8.31 kpa/mol-k a) you will have an excess of gas and the reaction will occur. b) you do not have enough gas for the reaction to occur. c) you cannot tell this given information. d) you will have too much gas and so the reaction will not occur.

n2(g) + 3h2-> 2nh3(g)   this is the balanced equation

note the mole ratio between n2, h2 and nh3.   it is 1 : 3 : 2   this will be important.

moles n2 present = 28.0 g n2 x 1 mole n2/28 g = 1 mole n2 present

moles h2 present = 25.0 g h2 x 1 mole h2/2 g = 12.5 moles h2 present

based on mole ratio, n2 is limiting in this situation because there is more than enough h2 but not enough n2.

moles nh3 that can be produced = 1 mole n2 x 2 moles nh3/mole n2 = 2 moles nh3 can be produced

grams of nh3 that can be produced = 2 moles nh3 x 17 g/mole = 34 grams of nh3 can be produced

note:   the key to this problem is recognizing that n2 is limiting, and therefore limits how much nh3 can be produced.

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