Given EXCESS zinc metal, what volume of dihydrogen gas at NTP will be evolved from the action of 500cm3 of H2SO4 at 0.50molL1 concentration?

1 Answer
Jun 24, 2017

We interrogate the redox reaction......

Zn(s)+H2SO4(aq)ZnSO4(aq)+H2(g)

Explanation:

And thus ONE equiv of dihydrogen results from each equiv of sulfuric acid (and also from each equiv of zinc metal).........

As far as I know NTP specifies 1atm pressure and 293.15K, and the molar volume of an Ideal Gas at NTP is 24.05L

Moles of sulfuric acid=500cm3×103Lcm3×0.5molL1=0.25mol

And thus 0.25mol dihydrogen gas will be evolved.

And so volume at NTP=0.25mol×24.05Lmol16L