Explain why gas such as oxygen is compressed in tanks.

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It is compressed so that the volume is reduced making it easier to transport via gas tanks. However, it must not be exposed to high temperature because the pressure inside the tank will increase more than the tank can hold resulting to explosions. The gas has to be decompressed to atmospheric before it can be inhaled.

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The mass of excess mass of $Na_2CO_3$ , $AgNO_3,Ag_2CO_3\text{ and }NaNO_3$ are, 1.908 g, 0 g, 12.144 g and 3.74 g respectively.

Explanation : Given,

Mass of $Na_2CO_3$ = 4.25 g

Mass of $AgNO_3$ = 7.50 g

Molar mass of $Na_2CO_3$ = 106 g/mole

Molar mass of $AgNO_3$ = 170 g/mole

Molar mass of $Ag_2CO_3$ = 276 g/mole

Molar mass of $NaNO_3$ = 85 g/mole

First we have to calculate the moles of $Na_2CO_3$ and $AgNO_3$ .

$\text{Moles of }Na_2CO_3=\frac{\text{Mass of }Na_2CO_3}{\text{Molar mass of }Na_2CO_3}=\frac{4.25g}{106g/mole}=0.040moles$

$\text{Moles of }AgNO_3=\frac{\text{Mass of }AgNO_3}{\text{Molar mass of }AgNO_3}=\frac{7.50g}{170g/mole}=0.044moles$

Now we have to calculate the limiting and excess reagent.

The balanced chemical reaction is,

$Na_2CO_3+2AgNO_3\rightarrow Ag_2CO_3+2NaNO_3$

From the balanced reaction we conclude that

As, 2 moles of $AgNO_3$ react with 1 mole of $Na_2CO_3$

So, 0.044 moles of $AgNO_3$ react with $\frac{0.044}{2}=0.022$ moles of $Na_2CO_3$

From this we conclude that, $Na_2CO_3$ is an excess reagent because the given moles are greater than the required moles and $AgNO_3$ is a limiting reagent and it limits the formation of product.

The excess mole of $Na_2CO_3$ = 0.040 - 0.022 = 0.018 mole

Now we have to calculate the mass of excess mole of $Na_2CO_3$ .

$\text{Mass of }Na_2CO_3=\text{Moles of }Na_2CO_3\times \text{Molar mass of }Na_2CO_3=(0.018mole)\times (106g/mole)=1.908g$