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Offline aeromat2

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Rate of Reaction Question
« on: November 25, 2010, 06:37:34 PM »


How would you solve for part B?

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Re: Rate of Reaction Question
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2010, 10:40:09 PM »
You are asked to find how long it takes a given amount of a substance to burn and you are given the rate at which the substance burns.  Convert the mass in grams to moles and use a dimensional analysis setup: mol C4H10 X (1 min/0.240 mol C4H10).

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Re: Rate of Reaction Question
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2010, 09:02:17 AM »
15 / (12*4 +1*10) = 0.258621 moles

By ratio :

x min/0.258621 moles = 1/0.240

Hence, x = 1.0776 minutes.

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