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Chapter 6 Problem 6.87

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Ethylene oxide (EO) is prepared by the vapor-phase oxidation of ethylene. Its main uses are in the preparation of the antifreeze ethylene glycol and in the production of poly(ethylene terephthalate), which is used to make beverage bottles and fibers. Pure EO vapor can decompose explosively: Liquid EO has H f ? ? 77.4 kJ/mol and H vap 569.4 J/g. (a) Calculate Hrxn for the gas-phase reaction. (b) Due to external heating, the vapor decomposes at 10 bar and 93 C in a distillation column. What is the final temperature if the average specific heat capacity of the products is 2.5 J/g C?

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Title Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 5 
Author Martin S. Silberberg
ISBN 9780077216504

Ethylene oxide (EO) is prepared by the vapor-phase

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