Under conditions of NTP, what volume of SO2(g) results from burning a 10g mass of elemental sulfur?

1 Answer
May 19, 2017

We address the stoichiometric equation...........and I get a volume of under 10L...............

Explanation:

S(s)+O2(g)SO2(g)

Now depending on your definition of NTP (they seem to change with the wind across syllabuses) we can work out the volume. I use values of NTP to specify P=1atm, and T=293.15K.

Moles of sulfur Moles of sulfur dioxide

Moles of sulfur10g32.06gmol1=0.312mol.

And thus there are 0.312mol SO2 gas........given conversion stoichiometric conversion.

V=nRTP=0.312mol×0.0821LatmKmol×293.15K1atm

=7.5L