Answer:
The formula for pressure is P = F/A, in which P is pressure, F is force, and A is area.
Explanation:
There are 3 equations involved in manufacturing Nitric Acid from Ammonia.
First the ammonia is oxidized:
4NH3 + 5O2 = 4NO + 6H2O
Then for the absorption of the nitrogen oxides.
2NO + O2 = N2O4
Lastly, the N2O4 is further oxidized into Nitric acid.
3N2O4 + 2H2O = 4HNO3 + 2NO
Then run stoichiometry through these equations.
The first equation produces roughly 271,722,938 grams of NO
The second equation produces roughly 416,606,944 grams of N2O4
The last equation produces roughly 380,412,294 grams of HNO3 (nitric acid)
Convert the exact number back into tons, and your answer is: <span>419.332775 tons.
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Rounded, I'm going to say that's 419.33 tons.
Hope this helps! :)
Also, it seems that commercially, Nitric Acid is commonly made by bubbling NO2 into water, rather than using ammonia.
So, water reacts with hydrochloric acid in the following formula
H2O + HCl —-> H3O+ + Cl-
We can visualize that when the two react, the hydrogen ions is taken on by the water molecule. This satisfies one of the definitions for a base
Bronsted acids = anything that donates a proton (H+ ion)
Bronsted bases = anything that accepts a proton (H+ ion)
So, as we can see, that is exactly what is happening. The Cl- and H+ detach and then the water takes on that extra H+.
H3O+ is what we call a hydronium ion
