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Offline Jasso66

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Composition calculation
« on: May 16, 2009, 04:16:45 AM »
My chemistry textbook does not handle this topic well. So I hope someone here can help me a little bit

 N2 + H2 ----> NH3
After the reaction there is n(N2)=2mol  n(H2)=2mol n(NH3)=2mol   

Question: What are the ratios of the amount of substances before the reaction?

Answer: n(N2)=3mol      n(H2)=5mol             

I appreciate a lot if someone could explain verbally how to proceed when doing this kind of exercise     

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Re: Composition calculation
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 04:42:49 AM »
Just a few points to note,

1) The reaction is in equilibrium.
2) Chemical equation is not balanced.
3) Work with ICE table for equilibrium reactions.
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Re: Composition calculation
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 06:05:53 AM »
Is this enough?


  N2 + 3H2   ---->  2NH3

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Re: Composition calculation
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2009, 06:20:15 AM »
Correct. Use a reversible arrow to represent equilibrium reaction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_table
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