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maxonik [38]
3 years ago
11

0.2 mol of hydrocarbons undergo complete combustion to give 35.2 of carbon dioxide and 14.4g of water as the only product. What

is the molecular formula of hydrocarbon
Chemistry
1 answer:
MaRussiya [10]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

\rm C_4 H_8.

Explanation:

Look up the relative atomic mass of \rm C, \rm H, and \rm O on a modern periodic table:

  • \rm C: 12.011.
  • \rm H: 1.008.
  • \rm O: 15.999.

Calculate the molecular mass of \rm CO_2 and \rm H_2O:

M(\mathrm{CO_2}) = 12.011 + 2 \times 15.999 = 44.009\; \rm g \cdot mol^{-1};

M(\mathrm{H_2O}) = 2 \times 1.008 + 15.999 = 18.015\; \rm g \cdot mol^{-1}.

Given the mass m of \rm CO_2 and \rm H_2O produced, calculate the number of moles of molecules that were produced:

\displaystyle n(\mathrm{CO_2}) = \frac{m(\mathrm{CO_2})}{M(\mathrm{CO_2})} \approx 0.80\; \rm mol;

\displaystyle n(\mathrm{H_2O}) = \frac{m(\mathrm{H_2O})}{M(\mathrm{H_2O})} \approx 0.80\; \rm mol.

Calculate the number of moles of \rm C atoms and \rm H atoms in these \rm CO_2 and \rm H_2O molecules.

  • Each \rm CO_2 molecule contains one \rm C atom. Therefore, that 0.80\; \rm mol of \rm CO_2\! contains 0.80\; \rm mol\! of \rm C\! atoms.
  • Each \rm H_2O molecule contains two \rm H atoms. Therefore, that 0.80\; \rm mol of \rm H_2O\! contains 2 \times 0.80\; \rm mol = 1.60\; \rm mol of \rm H\! atoms.

The combustion reaction here include two reactants: the hydrocarbon and \rm O_2.

As the name suggests, hydrocarbons contain only \rm C atoms and \rm H atoms. On the other hand, \rm O_2 contains only \rm O atoms.

Therefore, all the \rm C and \rm H atoms in those \rm CO_2 and \rm H_2O molecules are from the unknown hydrocarbon. (With a similar logic, all the \rm O atoms in those combustion products are from \rm O_2.)

In other words, that 0.20\; \rm mol of this unknown hydrocarbon molecules contains:

  • 0.80\; \rm mol of \rm C atoms, and
  • 1.60\; \rm mol of \rm H atoms.

Hence, each of these hydrocarbon molecules would contain (0.80\; \rm mol) / (0.20\; \rm mol) = 4 carbon atoms and (1.60\; \rm mol) / (0.20\; \rm mol) = 8 hydrogen atoms.

The molecular formula of this hydrocarbon would be \rm C_{4} H_{8}.

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