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CH3OH → 2 H₂ + CO

If 0.5906 moles of H₂ are produced, how many liters of CH3OH were reacted at STP?
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Answer: 6.615 Liters

Step-by-step explanation:

The mole to mole ratio if hydrogen and methanol is 2:1.

Thus, if 0.5806 moles of H2 were produced…

0.5806 mols of H2 * 1 mol of CH3OH/2 mols of H2

That would mean 0.2953 mols of CH3OH must have reacted.

For every one mole of gas, it occupies 22.4 Liters of space.

Thus, multiply 22.4 L by 0.2953 mols of CH3OH to get the amount of CH3OH reacted.

(0.2953)(22.4) = 6.61472 L
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