I have been stuck on this for a while I know you work it out through Hess's law but I can't seem to have the equations balanced
to cancel out
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4C₃H₅(NO₃)₃ ------> 12CO₂
+ 6N₂
+ 10H₂O
+ O₂
mol of CO₂ =
=
mol ratio of CO₂ : C₃H₅(NO₃)₃
12 : 4
∴ if mole of CO₂ = 0.568 mol
then " " C₃H₅(NO₃)₃ =
= 0.189 mol
∴ mass of nitroglycerin = mole * Mr
= 0.189 mol * 227.0995 g / mol
= 43.00 g