The volume (in liters) of hydrogen gas needed to produce 130.0 grams of water is 176.64 liters
How to calculate the volume of hydrogen needed?
We shall begin by calculating the number of mole of water produced from the reaction. This is shown below:
- Mass of water produced = 130.0 grams
- Molar mass of water = 18 g/mol
- Mole of water produced =?
Mole of water produced = mass / molar mass
= 130 / 1 8
= 7.22 moles
Now, we shall calculate the mole of hydrogen needed to produced 7.22 moles (i.e 130 grams) of water.

From the balanced equation above,
2 moles of water were produced from 2 moles of hydrogen
Therefore,
7.22 moles of water will also be produced from 7.22 moles of hydrogen
With the mole of hydrogen gas obtained above, we shall calculate the volume of hydrogen gas needed for the reaction. Details below:
- Temperature (T) = 25 °C = 25 + 273 = 298 K
- Pressure (P) = 1.00 atm
- Gas constant (R) = 0.0821 atm.L/mol K
- Number of mole (n) = 7.22 moles
- Volume of hydrogen gas (V) =?
PV = nRT
1 × V = 7.22 × 0.0821 × 298
V = 176.64 liters
Complete question:
How many liters of hydrogen gas are needed to produce 130.0 grams of water at 25.0°C and 1.00 atm pressure according to the chemical equation shown below?
2H₂(g) + O₂(g) → 2H₂O(g)