Question

Base your answer to the question on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry. Nitrogen dioxide, NO2, is a dark brown gas that is used to make nitric acid and to bleach flour. Nitrogen dioxide has a boiling point of 294 K at 101.3 kPa. In a rigid cylinder with a movable piston, nitrogen dioxide can be in equilibrium with colorless dinitrogen tetroxide, N2O4. This equilibrium is represented by the equation below. 2NO2(g) ⇌ N2O4(g) + 58 kJ Determine the oxidation state of nitrogen in nitrogen dioxide.

Answer 1

+4

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello,

In this case, considering nitrogen dioxide's formula:

`NO_2`

And due to the fact that oxygen's oxidation state is -2 in this case, we could find nitrogen's oxidation state in nitrogen dioxide by using a balance charge:

`N^(+x)O_2^(-2)\\x-4=0\\x=4`

For that reason, nitrogen's oxidation state is +4:

`N^(+4)O_2^(-2)`

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