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300mL of 0.83mol/L acetic acid reacts with 12.0g of sodium carbonate at 21 C and 100.3kPa. What volume of dry carbon dioxide is released in this reaction? Water vapour pressure at this temperature is 2.49 kPa.

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Answer:

The volume that carbon dioxide release is 2.83L

Step-by-step explanation:

The reaction of acetic acid (CH₃COOH) with sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃) is:

2 CH₃COOH + Na₂CO₃ →Na₂(CH₃COO)₂ + CO₂ + H₂O

Moles of acetic acid and sodium carbonate (Molar mass: 105.99g/mol) in the reaction are:

Acetic acid: 0.300L ₓ (0.83mol / L) = 0.249 moles.

Sodium carbonate: 12g ₓ (1mol / 105.99g) = 0.113 moles.

Based on the chemical equation, 2 moles of acetic acid reacts per moles of sodium carbonate. For a complete reaction of sodium carbonate you need:

0.113 moles Na₂CO₃ ₓ (2 moles CH₃COOH / 1 mole Na₂CO₃) = 0.226 moles of CH₃COOH

As you have 0.249 moles, Na₂CO₃ is limitng reactant.

As 1 mole of sodium carbonate produce 1 mole of CO₂, from 0.113 moles of Na₂CO₃ you obtain 0.113 moles of CO₂

Using PV = nRT, it is possible to find the volume that a gas occupies, thus:

V = nRT / P

n = 0.113 moles

R = 8.314 kPa×L/mol×K

T = 21°C + 273.15 = 294.15K

P = 100.3kPa - 2.49kPa = 97.81kPa

The vapor pressure is subtracted because is the pressure that water exerted.

Replacing:

V = 0.113mol×8.314 kPa×L/mol×K×294.15K / 97.81kPa

V = 2.83L

The volume that carbon dioxide release is 2.83L

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