How does a catalyst work
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Answer:
A catalyst is a substance which increases the rate of a reaction by taking the reaction through a different path which involves lower activation energy and thus more molecules can cross the energy barrier and convert to products.
The catalyst itself does not take part in the chemical reaction and is regenerated as such at the end.
For example:
In this reaction acts as a catalyst.
Thus a catalyst increases the rate of reaction works by lowering the activation energy.
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Answer:
17.65 grams of O2 are needed for a complete reaction.
Explanation:
You know the reaction:
4 NH₃ + 5 O₂ --------> 4 NO + 6 H₂O
First you must know the mass that reacts by stoichiometry of the reaction (that is, the relationship between the amount of reagents and products in a chemical reaction). For that you must first know the reacting mass of each compound. You know the values of the atomic mass of each element that form the compounds:
- N: 14 g/mol
- H: 1 g/mol
- O: 16 g/mol
So, the molar mass of the compounds in the reaction is:
- NH₃: 14 g/mol + 3*1 g/mol= 17 g/mol
- O₂: 2*16 g/mol= 32 g/mol
- NO: 14 g/mol + 16 g/mol= 30 g/mol
- H₂O: 2*1 g/mol + 16 g/mol= 18 g/mol
By stoichiometry, they react and occur in moles:
- NH₃: 4 moles
- O₂: 5 moles
- NO: 4 moles
- H₂O: 6 moles
Then in mass, by stoichiomatry they react and occur:
- NH₃: 4 moles*17 g/mol= 68 g
- O₂: 5 moles*32 g/mol= 160 g
- NO: 4 moles*30 g/mol= 120 g
- H₂O: 6 moles*18 g/mol= 108 g
Now to calculate the necessary mass of O₂ for a complete reaction, the rule of three is applied as follows: if by stoichiometry 68 g of NH₃ react with 160 g of O₂, 7.5 g of NH₃ with how many grams of O₂ will it react?
mass of O₂≅17.65 g
<u><em>17.65 grams of O2 are needed for a complete reaction.</em></u>