Question

Nitrogen and hydrogen react to form ammonia. Consider the mixture of N2 (blue spheres) and H2 (gray spheres) in the illustration. All BUT one statement regarding the reaction is trueA)Nitrogen is in excess.B)Hydrogen is in excess.C)This is a synthesis reaction.D)Hydrogen is the limiting reactant.

Answer 1

Answer: Option (C) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A reaction in which two or more reactants combine to result in the formation of a single product is known as a synthesis reaction.

For example, $N_{2} + 3H_{2} \rightarrow 2NH_{3}$ is a synthesis reaction.

Whereas the number of moles of either nitrogen or oxygen is not given. Therefore, we cannot tell which reactant is in excess or not.

Thus, we can conclude that the statement, this is a synthesis reaction is the true statement.