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Answer:
High activation energy is the reason behind unsuccessful reaction.
Explanation:
There are two types of reaction: (1) thermodynamically controlled reaction and (2) kinetically controlled reaction.
Thermodynamically controlled reaction are associated with change in enthalpy during reaction. More negative the enthalpy change, more favored will be the reaction.
Kinetically controlled reaction are associated with activation energy of a reaction. The lower the activation energy value, the more rapid will be the reaction.
Here, reaction between and
is thermodynamically favored due to negative enthalpy change but the high activation energy does not allow the reaction to take place by simple mixing.
Answer: -
If a tank of gasoline contains 80 liters and that its density is 0.77 kg/liter, 0.26 kg of CO₂ are produced for each tank of gasoline burned.
Explanation: -
Density of the gasoline = 0.77 kg / liter
Volume of the tank containing the gasoline = 80 liter.
Mass of gasoline produced from each tank
= Volume of the tank containing the gasoline x Density of the gasoline
= x 80 liter
= 61.6 kg
Chemical formula of gasoline = C₈H₁₈
Molar mass of gasoline C₈H₁₈ = 12 x 8 + 1 x 18 = 114 g/ mol
Number of moles of C₈H₁₈ = x 1 mol
= 0.54 mol of C₈H₁₈
The chemical equation for the burning of gasoline is
2 C₈H₁₈ + 25 O₂ → 16 CO₂ + 18 H₂O
From the balanced equation we see
2 mol of C₈H₁₈ gives 16 mol of CO₂
0.54 mol of C₈H₁₈ gives mol of CO₂
= 4.32 mol of CO₂
Molar mass of CO₂ = 12 x 1 + 16 x 3 =60 g / mol
Mass of CO₂ = Molar mass of CO₂ x Number of moles of CO₂
=
= 259.2 g
=
= 0.259 Kg
= 0.26 kg rounded off to 2 significant figures.
Thus if a tank of gasoline contains 80 liters and that its density is 0.77 kg/liter, 0.26 kg of CO₂ are produced for each tank of gasoline burned.