Question #fc809

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Dec 10, 2016

The volume of oxygen is 576 L.

Explanation:

Step 1. Start with the balanced chemical equation.

"2H"_2"O"_2 → "2H"_2"O" + "O"_22H2O22H2O+O2

(a) Mass of "H"_2"O"_2H2O2

"Mass of H"_2"O"_2 = 1270 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL H"_2"O"_2))) × ("1.00 g H"_2"O"_2)/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL H"_2"O"_2)))) = "1270 g H"_2"O"_2

(b) Moles of "H"_2"O"_2

1270 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g H"_2"O"_2))) × ("1 mol H"_2"O"_2)/(34.01 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g H"_2"O"_2)))) = "37.34 mol H"_2"O"_2

(b) Moles of "O"_2

37.34 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol H"_2"O"_2))) × ("1 mol O"_2)/(2 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol H"_2"O"_2)))) = "18.67 mol O"_2

(c) Volume of "O"_2

The Ideal Gas Law is

color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)PV = nRTcolor(white)(a/a)|)))" "

We can rearrange this to give

V = (nRT)/P

n = "18.67 mol O"_2
R = "0.082 06 L·atm·K"^"-1""mol"^"-1"
T = "(78 + 273.15) K" = "351.15 K"
P = "0.934 atm"

V = (18.67 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol"))) × "0.082 06 L"·color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm·K"^"-1""mol"^"-1"))) × 351.15 color(red)(cancel(color(black)( "K"))))/(0.934 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm")))) = "576 L"

The volume of "O"_2 produced is "576 L".