Question

Wine goes bad soon after opening because the ethanol (CH,CH,OH) in it reacts with oxygen gas (0.) from the air to form water (110) and acetic acid (CH,COOH), the main ingredient of vinegar. What mass of water is produced by the reaction of 4.59 g of ethanol Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

Answer 1

Answer: The mass of water produced is 1.8 grams

Explanation:

To calculate the number of moles, we use the equation:

$\text{Number of moles}=\frac{\text{Given mass}}{\text{Molar mass}}$      .....(1)

Given mass of ethanol = 4.59 g

Molar mass of ethanol = 46.07 g/mol

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$\text{Moles of ethanol}=\frac{4.59g}{46.07g/mol}=0.0996mol$

The chemical equation for the reaction of ethanol with oxygen gas follows:

$CH_3CH_2OH+O_2\rightarrow CH_3COOH+H_2O$

By Stoichiometry of the reaction;

1 mole of ethanol produces 1 mole of water.

So, 0.0996 moles of ethanol will produce = $\frac{1}{1}\times 0.0996=0.0996mol$ of water.

Now, calculating the mass of water from equation 1, we get:

Molar mass of water = 18 g/mol

Moles of water = 0.0996 moles

Putting values in equation 1, we get:

$0.0996mol=\frac{\text{Mass of water}}{18g/mol}\\\\\text{Mass of water}=(0.0996mol\times 18g/mol)=1.8g$

Hence, the mass of water produced is 1.8 grams