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Offline Ben Cohen

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Discrepancies Between Textbooks
« on: December 31, 2012, 04:43:41 PM »
In my copy of Chemistry by Raymond Chang, the Ostwald process is described as including this equation:
2NO2 + H2O  :rarrow: HNO2 + HNO3

However in another textbook, this equation is given:
3NO2 + H2O  :rarrow: 2HNO3 + NO

Which is correct?
Is it possible for both to be correct?
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Offline Arkcon

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Re: Discrepancies Between Textbooks
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2012, 06:27:41 PM »
The Ostwald process has other, competing reactions associated with it as well:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostwald_process
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