Question #f22b3

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Apr 23, 2016

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Explanation:

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All the credit for this answer goes to Stefan V.

The big clues are the yellow flame colour ("Na") for bb"G" and the brown gas obtained from bb"B" ("NO"_2 or, less likely, "Br"_2).

"NO"_2 comes from the decomposition of "HNO"_2.

This suggests that bb"B" is "NaNO"_2 and that bb"A" is probably "NaNO"_3.

Acting on that assumption, we get

2underbrace("NaNO"_3)_color(red)("A") stackrelcolor(blue)(Δcolor(white)(X)) (→) 2underbrace("NaNO"_2)_color(red)("B") + underbrace("O"_2)_color(red)("C")

Then gas color(red)(bb"C"color(white)(l) "is"color(white)(l) "O"_2).

"O"_2 is a colourless gas that forms "MgO" when heated with "Mg".

"O"_2 + "2Mg" stackrelcolor(blue)(Δcolor(white)(m))(→) underbrace("2MgO")_color(red)("white powder")

"MgO" is a basic oxide.

"MgO + H"_2"O" ⇌ "Mg"^(2+) + "2OH"^(-)

color(red)(bb"B" = "NaNO"_2)

"NaNO"_2 reacts with sulfuric acid to form "HNO"_2, which decomposes to form the brown gas "NO"_2.

2underbrace("NaNO"_2)_color(red)("B") + "H"_2"SO"_4 → "2HNO"_2 + "Na"_2"SO"_4

"2HNO"_2 → underbrace("NO"_2)_color(red)("brown gas") + "NO" + "H"_2"O"

color(red)(bb"D" = "N"_2) and color(red)(bb"E" color(white)(l) = color(white)(l)"NaCl")

"NaNO"_2 reacts with "NH"_4"Cl" to form "N"_2 and "NaCl".

underbrace("NaNO"_2)_color(red)("B") + "NH"_4"Cl" → underbrace("N"_2)_color(red)("D") + underbrace("NaCl")_color(red)("E") + "2H"_2"O"

"N"_2 reacts with "Ca" to form "Ca"_3"N"_2.

"3Ca" + "N"_2 stackrelcolor(blue)(Δcolor(white)(X))(→) "Ca"_3"N"_2

"Ca"_3"N"_2 reacts with water to form ammonia and "Ca"("OH")_2.

"Ca"_3"N"_2 + 6"H"_2"O" → 3underbrace("Ca"("OH")_2)_color(red)("basic") + 2underbrace("NH"_3)_color(red)("colourless")

color(red)(bb"F" = "N"_2"O") and color(red)(bb"G" = "Na"_2"SO"_4")

"NaNO"_3 reacts with ("NH"_4)_2"SO"_4 to form "N"_2"O" and "Na"_2"SO"_4

2underbrace("NaNO"_3)_color(red)("A") + ("NH"_4)_2"SO"_4 stackrelcolor(blue)(Δcolor(white)(X))(→) 2underbrace("N"_2"O")_color(red)("F") + underbrace("Na"_2"SO"_4)_color(red)("G") + "4H"_2"O"

The "Na" in "Na"_2"SO"_4 gives the yellow flame colour.

Formula Units of bb"A"

You don't give a pressure or temperature for the gas bb"D", so I will arbitrarily assume that P = "1 atm" and T = "25 °C".

Then, n =(PV)/(RT) = (1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))) ×0.120 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))/("0.082 06" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L·atm·K"^"-1")))"mol"^"-1" ×298.15 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K")))) = 4.90 × 10^"-3" color(white)(l)"mol"

"Moles of NaNO"_3 = 4.90 × 10^"-3"color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol N"_2))) × (1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaNO"_2))))/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol N"_2)))) × ("2 mol NaNO"_3)/(2 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaNO")))_2) = 4.90 × 10^"-3" "mol NaNO"_3

"Formula units NaNO"_3 = 4.90 × 10^"-3" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaNO"_3))) × (6.022 × 10^23 "formula units NaNO"_3)/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol NaNO"_3)))) = 2.95 ×10^21color(white)(l) "formula units NaNO"_3