How do the products of chemical reactions compare to their reactants?

Chemistry

1 answer:

Ket [755]11 months ago

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The products of chemical reactions often have completely different properties than the reactants, like viscosity, boiling and melting temperatures, etc.

That is because the atoms form new and different bonds to give the products.

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A closed, frictionless piston-cylinder contains a gas mixture with the following composition on a mass basis: 40% carbon dioxide

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Answer:

W=-37.6kJ, therefore, work is done on the system.

Explanation:

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In this case, the first step is to compute the moles of each gas present in the given mixture, by using the total mixture weight the mass compositions and their molar masses:

$n_{CO_2}=0.8kg*0.4*\frac{1kmolCO_2}{44kgCO_2}= 0.00727kmolCO_2\\\\n_{O_2}=0.8kg*0.25*\frac{1kmolO_2}{32kgO_2}=0.00625kmolO_2\\ \\n_{Ne}=0.8kg*0.35*\frac{1kmolNe}{20.2kgNe}=0.0139kmolNe$

Next, the total moles:

$n_T=0.00727kmol+0.00625kmol+0.0139kmol=0.02742kmol$

After that, since the process is isobaric, we can compute the work as:

$W=P(V_2-V_1)$

Therefore, we need to compute both the initial and final volumes which are at 260 °C and 95 °C respectively for the same moles and pressure (isobaric closed system)

$V_1=\frac{n_TRT_1}{P}= \frac{0.02742kmol*8.314\frac{kPa*m^3}{kmol\times K}*(260+273)K}{450kPa}=0.27m^3\\ \\V_2=\frac{n_TRT_2}{P}= \frac{0.02742kmol*8.314\frac{kPa*m^3}{kmol\times K}*(95+273)K}{450kPa}=0.19m^3$