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Chemistry | 12th Edition | ISBN: 9780078021510 | Authors: Raymond Chang; Kenneth Goldsby

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Industrially, nitric acid is produced by the Ostwald process represented by the following equations: 4NH3(g) 1 5O2(g) 4NO(g) 1 6H2O(l) 2NO(g) 1 O2(g) 2NO2(g) 2NO2(g) 1 H2O(l) HNO3(aq) 1 HNO2(aq) What mass of NH3 (in g) must be used to produce 1.00 ton of HNO3 by the above procedure, assuming an 80 percent yield in each step? (1 ton 5 2000 lb; 1 lb 5 453.6 g.)

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QUESTION:

Industrially, nitric acid is produced by the Ostwald process represented by the following equations: 4NH3(g) 1 5O2(g) 4NO(g) 1 6H2O(l) 2NO(g) 1 O2(g) 2NO2(g) 2NO2(g) 1 H2O(l) HNO3(aq) 1 HNO2(aq) What mass of NH3 (in g) must be used to produce 1.00 ton of HNO3 by the above procedure, assuming an 80 percent yield in each step? (1 ton 5 2000 lb; 1 lb 5 453.6 g.)

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Step 1 of 5

The given reactions are as follows;

Combining all the equations we get;

............(1)

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