Question

Hydrogen cyanide, HCN, can be made by a two-step process. First, ammonia reacts with O2 to give nitric oxide, NO.

Answer 1

Answer:

The mass of HCN is 79.65 g.

The mass of reactant which remain at the end of both reactions is 88.5 g.

Explanation:

Given that,

Mass of ammonia = 50.2 g

Mass of methane = 48.4 g

Hydrogen cyanide, HCN, can be made by a two-step process

Ammonia reacts with O₂ to give nitric oxide NO.

The reaction is,

$4NH_{3}+5O_{2}\Rightarrow 4NO+6H_{2}O$

We need to calculate the mole of NO

Using given data,

2.25 g NH_{3}=\dfrac{50.2}{17}= 2.95\ mole\ NH_{3} [/tex]

$4\ mole NH_{3}\ glose 4\ mol NO$

2.95 mol NH₃ will produced 2.95 mol NO

Then nitric oxide reacts with methane,

The reaction is,

$2NO+2CH_{4}\Rightarrow 2HCN+2H_{2}O+H_{2}$

We need to calculate the mole of methane

Using given data,

$mole\ of\ methane=\dfrac{48.4}{16}$

$mole\ of\ methane = 3.03\ moles$

2 mole NO produced 2 mole HCN

2.95 mol NO will produced $\dfrac{2.95\times3.03}{3.03}$= 2.95 mol HCN

We need to calculate the mass of HCN

Using formula of mass

$m=N\times M$

Where, N = number of mole

M = molecular mass

Put the value into the formula

$m=2.95\times27$

$m= 79.65\ g$

The mass of HCN is 79.65 g.

We need to calculate the mass of NO

Using formula of mass

$m=N\times M$

Where, N = number of mole

M = molecular mass

Put the value into the formula

$m=2.95\times30$

$m= 88.5\ g$

Hence, The mass of HCN is 79.65 g.

The mass of reactant which remain at the end of both reactions is 88.5 g.