Question

Green plants use light from the Sun to drive photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction in which water and carbon dioxide chemically react to form the simple sugar glucose and oxygen gas . What mass of simple sugar glucose is produced by the reaction of 9.51 g of carbon dioxide

Answer 1

Answer:

The mass of sugar glucose is 6.499 g

Explanation:

Data given:

mass of CO₂ = 9.51 g

molar weight of CO₂ = 44.01 g/mol

$n_{CO_{2} } =9.51/44.01=0.216mol$

The reaction is:

C₆H₁₂O₆ + 9O₂ = 6CO₂ + 6H₂O

According the reaction:

1 mol of C₆H₁₂O₆ ------------- 6 moles of CO₂

X mol of C₆H₁₂O₆ ------------- 0.216 moles of CO₂

Clearing X:

$Xmoles_{C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} } =\frac{0.216}{6} =0.036moles$

molar weight of C₆H₁₂O₆ = 180.516 g/mol

The mass of glucose is:

$mass_{C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} } =0.036*180.516=6.499g$