Fireworks owe their colors to reactions of combustion of the metals present. When Mg and Al burn, they emit a white bright light, whereas iron emits a gold light. Besides metals, oxygen is necesary for the combustion. The decomposition reactions of barium nitrate and potassium chlorate provide this element. At the same time, barium can burn emitting a green light.
(a) Barium nitrate is a <em>salt</em> formed by the <em>cation</em> barium Ba²⁺ and the <em>anion</em> nitrate NO₃⁻. Its formula is Ba(NO₃)₂. Potassium chlorate is a <em>salt</em> formed by the <em>cation</em> potassium K⁺ and the <em>anion</em> chlorate ClO₃⁻. Its formula is KClO₃.
(b) The balanced equation for the decomposition of potassium chloride is:
2KClO₃(s) ⇄ 2KCl(s) + 3O₂(g)
(c) The balanced equation for the decomposition of barium nitrate is:
Ba(NO₃)₂(s) ⇄ BaO(s) + N₂(g) + 3O₂(g)
(d) The balanced equations of metals with oxygen to form metal oxides are:
- 2 Mg(s) + O₂(g) ⇄ 2 MgO(s)
- 4 Al(s) + 3 O₂(g) ⇄ 2 Al₂O₃(s)
- 4 Fe(s) + 3 O₂(g) ⇄ 2 Fe₂O₃(s)
Answer: New pressure inside the flask would be 148.8 kPa.
Explanation: The combined gas law equation is given by:

As the flask is a closed flask, so the volume remains constant. Temperature is constant also.
So, the relation between pressure and number of moles becomes



- Final conditions: When additional 3 puffs of air is added

Putting the values, in above equation, we get

The formula for molality---> m = moles solute/ Kg of solvent
the solute here is NH₃ because it's the one with less amount. which makes water the solvent.
1) let's convert the grams of NH₃ to moles using the molar mass
molar mass of NH₃= 14.0 + (3 x 1.01)= 17.03 g/ mol
15.0 g (1 mol/ 17.03 g)= 0.881 mol NH₃
2) let's convert the grams of water into kilograms (just divide by 1000)
250.0 g= 0.2500 kg
3) let's plug in the values into the molality formula
molality= mol/ Kg---> 0.881 mol/ 0.2500 kg= 3.52 m
The reaction between ammonium sulfate and calcium hydroxide is given below.
(NH₄)₂SO₄ + Ca(OH)₂ --> 2NH₃ + CaSO₄ + 2H₂O
From the balance equation, we can conclude that every 74 g of calcium sulfate reacted with enough amount of ammonium sulfate will yield 34 grams of ammonia. From the given amount,
(20 g calcium sulfate) x (34 grams ammonia / 74 g calcium sulfate)
= <em>9.19 g ammonia</em>