Agar is used to assist establish an anaerobic environment that promotes nitrate reduction.
Nitrate Reduction test:
- The nitrate in the broth is converted to nitrite by organisms that can produce the nitrate reductase enzyme, which can then be further converted to nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, or nitrogen.
- Anaerobic respiration and denitrification are two processes that can convert nitrate to a variety of compounds.
- While denitrification only reduces nitrate to molecular nitrogen, anaerobic respiration employs nitrate as the bacterium's final electron acceptor, reducing it to a range of chemicals.
- The nitrate reduction test is based on the detection of nitrite and its capacity to produce a red precipitate (prontosil), which is a water-soluble azo dye, when it combines with sulfanilic acid to create a complex (nitrite-sulfanilic acid).
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A. iron(III) oxide + Carbon-monoxide -> Iron + Carbon-di-oxide.
b.56*2 +16*3
c.Moles=mass(g) / Mr which is 3200/160
d. 2 moles
e.2 moles
f. Moles x Mr = mass so, 20 x 112=2240g
Answer: letter b.
Why?
Because Entropy(ΔS) INCREASES when INCREASING disorder in a reaction.
A. INCORRECT. Negative ΔS. This is because there are less molecules of gas in the products compared to the reactants.
B. CORRECT. Positive ΔS. This is because you are increasing disorder by breaking down a solid(highly ordered) molecule into two ions in solution(in solution they are less ordered).
C. INCORRECT. Negative ΔS. This is because you are going from a (g)gas which has more disorder to a (s)solid which has much less disorder than a gas.
D. INCORRECT. Negative ΔS. This is because you are decreasing disorder by building a single molecule. There are also more moles of gas on the reactants side indicating a negative ΔS.
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