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3 years ago

How many pairs of electrons do two atoms of oxygen need to share to produce one molecule of O2?

Chemistry

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Marysya12 [62]3 years ago

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Answer:

2 pairs or 4

Explanation:

Oxygen atom belongs to the group 16 of the periodic table also known as the chalcogen group. Oxygen has atomic number of 8. This means it has 8 protons. Hence, for an electrically neutral oxygen atoms, there are 8 electrons.

These electrons are present in the first two shells. There are two electrons in the first shell also known as the K shell. There are 6 electrons in the valence shell of the oxygen atom which is also the L shell. These six valence electrons are the ones responsible for the chemical bonding with other elements.

As said earlier, oxygen atom has six electrons in its valence shell. This means to complete an octet configuration, there are two more electrons needed for it to achieve the needed stability. These two electrons can be obtained ionically or covalently. This depends on the other atom with which it is entering chemical combination with.

In the case of this question, we know it is another oxygen atom. This means each of these atoms will contribute 2 each to make up 2 pairs or 4 electrons which are then controlled by the nuclei of both atoms

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3 years ago

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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?

$mass of O_{2} =\frac{7.5 g of NH_{3} * 160 g of O_{2} }{68 g of NH_{3} }$

mass of O₂≅17.65 g

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Answer:

$\large \boxed{\text{-41.2 kJ/mol}}$

Explanation:

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(a) Enthalpies of formation of reactants and products

$\begin{array}{cc}\textbf{Substance} & \textbf{$\Delta_{\text{f}}$H/(kJ/mol}) \\\text{CO(g)} & -110.5 \\\text{H$_{2}$O} & -241.8\\\text{CO$_{2}$(g)} & -393.5 \\\text{H$_{2}$(g)} & 0 \\\end{array}$

(b) Total enthalpies of reactants and products

$\begin{array}{ccr}\textbf{Substance} & \textbf{Contribution)/(kJ/mol})&\textbf{Sum} \\\text{CO(g)} & -110.5& -110.5 \\\text{H$_{2}$O(g)} &-241.8& -241.8\\\textbf{Total}&\textbf{for reactants} &\mathbf{ -352.3}\\&&\\\text{CO}_{2}(g) & -393.5&-393.5 \\\text{H}_{2} & 0 & 0\\\textbf{Total}&\textbf{for products} & \mathbf{-393.5}\end{array}$

(c) Enthalpy of reaction $\Delta_{\text{rxn}}H^{\circ} = \sum \left( \Delta_{\text{f}} H^{\circ} \text{products}\right) - \sum \left (\Delta_{\text{f}}H^{\circ} \text{reactants} \right)= \text{-393.5 kJ/mol - (-352.3 kJ/mol}\\= \text{-393.5 kJ/mol + 352.3 kJ/mol} = \textbf{-41.2 kJ/mol}\\ \text{The total enthalpy change is $\large \boxed{\textbf{-41.2 kJ/mol}}$}$

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Answer:

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Explanation:

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