Why does the boiling point of a liquid vary with atmospheric pressure?

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Atmospheric pressure decreases because air is less dense at higher altitudes. Because the atmospheric pressure is lower, the vapour pressure of the liquid needs to be lower to reach boiling point.

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a. $4 C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow 6N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + 10 H_2O (g) + 12 CO_2 (g)$

b. 146.0 g

Explanation:

Question 1 (a). Just as the problem states, liquid nitroglycerin decomposes into nitrogen gas $N_2$ , oxygen gas $O_2$ , water vapor $H_2O$ and carbon dioxide $CO_2$ . Let's write the decomposition of nitroglycerin into these 4 components:

$C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + H_2O (g) + CO_2 (g)$

Now we need to balance the equation. Firstly, notice we have 3 carbon atoms on the left and 1 on the right, so let's multiply carbon dioxide by 3:

$C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + H_2O (g) + 3 CO_2 (g)$

Now, we have 3 nitrogen atoms on the left and 2 on the right, so let's multiply nitrogen on the right by $\frac{3}{2}$ :

$C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow \frac{3}{2}N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + H_2O (g) + 3 CO_2 (g)$

We have 5 hydrogen atoms on the left, 2 on the right, so let's multiply the right-hand side by $\frac{5}{2}$ :

$C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow \frac{3}{2}N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + \frac{5}{2} H_2O (g) + 3 CO_2 (g)$

Finally, count the oxygen atoms. We have a total of 9 on the left. On the right we have (excluding oxygen molecule):

$\frac{5}{2} + 6 = 8.5$

This leaves $9 - 8.5 = 0.5 = \frac{1}{2}$ of oxygen. Since oxygen is diatomic, we need to take one fourth of it to get one half in total:

$C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow \frac{3}{2}N_2 (g) + \frac{1}{4} O_2 (g) + \frac{5}{2} H_2O (g) + 3 CO_2 (g)$

To make it look neater without fractional coefficients, multiply both sides by 4:

$4 C_3H_5N_3O_9 (l)\rightarrow 6N_2 (g) + O_2 (g) + 10 H_2O (g) + 12 CO_2 (g)$

Question 2 (b). Now we can make use of the balanced chemical equation and apply it for the context of this separate problem. We're given the following variables:

$V_{CO_2} = 41.0 L$