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2 years ago

What is your standing regarding compostable plastics? Is it really environmental-friendly?

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If a biodegradable plastic or bioplastic ends up in a landfill site it will never decompose. In landfill sites waste is essentially mummified, in a complete absence of light and oxygen. Food that has ended up in landfill will not biodegrade, so there is no hope for biodegradable plastics or even bioplastics.So it is bad.

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How many atoms are in 57.5 liters of xenon gas at STP

TiliK225 [7]

Answer:

1.55 × 10²⁴ atoms Xe

General Formulas and Concepts:

Atomic Structure

Reading a Periodic Table
Moles
STP (Standard Conditions for Temperature and Pressure) = 22.4 L per mole at 1 atm, 273 K
Avogadro's Number - 6.022 × 10²³ atoms, molecules, formula units, etc.

Stoichiometry

Using Dimensional Analysis

Explanation:

Step 1: Define

[Given] 57.5 L Xe at STP

[Solve] atoms Xe

Step 2: Identify Conversions

[STP] 22.4 L = 1 mol

Avogadro's Number

Step 3: Convert

[DA] Set up: $\displaystyle 57.5 \ L \ Xe(\frac{1 \ mol \ Xe}{22.4 \ L \ Xe})(\frac{6.022 \cdot 10^{23} \ atoms \ Xe}{1 \ mol \ Xe})$
[DA] Divide/Multiply [Cancel out units]: $\displaystyle 1.54583 \cdot 10^{24} \ atoms \ Xe$

Step 4: Check

Follow sig fig rules and round. We are given 3 sig figs.

1.54583 × 10²⁴ atoms Xe ≈ 1.55 × 10²⁴ atoms Xe

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In going from room temperature 25° to 35 the rate of a reaction doubles calculate the activation energy for the reaction

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Answer:

52.9 KJmol-1

Explanation:

From;

log(k2/k1) = Ea/2.303 * R (1/T1 - 1/T2)

The temperatures must be converted to Kelvin;

T1 = 25° C + 273 = 298 K

T2= 35°C + 273 = 308 K

R= gas constant = 8.314 JK-1mol-1

Substituting values;

log 2 = Ea/2.303 * 8.314 (1/298 - 1/308)

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