Asked by lavonne

The first step in the Ostwald process for making nitric acid is the formation of NO as follows; 4HN3 + 5O2 makes 4NO + 6 H2O. According to the equation, 5 moles of NH3 will react stoichiometrically with blank moles of O2 to form blank moles of NO. I can't figure out how to fill the blanks!
Answered by bobpursley
do it as a proportion:

5/4 =xmolesO2/5= ymolesNO/4
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