Consider the following balanced reaction. How many grams of water are required to form 75.9 g of HNO3? Assume that there is excess NO2 present. The molar masses are as follows: H2O = 18.02 g/mol, HNO3 = 63.02 g/mol. 3 NO2(g) + H2O(l) → 2 HNO3(aq) + NO(g)

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Answer:

The answer is "10.84 g".

Explanation:

The formula for calculating the number for moles:

[tex]\text{Number of moles }= \frac{\ Mass}{ \ molar \ mass }[/tex]

In the given acid nitric:

Owing to the nitric acid mass = [tex]75.9 g[/tex]

Nitric acid molar weight[tex]= 63\ \frac{g}{mol}[/tex]

If they put values above the formula, they receive:

[tex]\text{moles in nitric acid} = \frac{75.9}{63}[/tex]

                               [tex]=1.204 \ mol[/tex]

In the given chemical equation:

[tex]3 NO_2 \ (g) + H_2O \ (l) \longroghtarrow 2 HNO_3 \ (aq) + NO\ (g)[/tex]

In this reaction, 2 mols of nitric acid are produced by 1 mole of water.

So, 1.204 moles of nitric acid will be produced:

[tex]= \frac{1}{2} \times 1.204[/tex]

[tex]=0.602\ \ \text{mol of water}.[/tex]

We are now using Equation 1 in determining the quantity of water:

Water moles [tex]= 0.602\ mol[/tex]

Water weight molar [tex]= 18.02 \ \frac{g}{mol}[/tex]

[tex]\to 0.602 = \frac{\text{mass of mols}}{ 18.02}\\\\\to \text{mass of mols} = 0.602 \times 18.02\\\\[/tex]

                         [tex]=10.84 \ g[/tex]