Silver reacts with nitric acid to form nitrogen monoxide, silver nitrate and water. Calculate the volume of nitrogen monoxide gas (@STP) that can be produced from the reaction of 5.00g of silver?

User Icon for DrBob222 DrBob222 answered
11 years ago

3Ag + 4HNO3 ==> NO + 2H2O + 3AgNO3

mols Ag = grams/atomic mass Ag
Use the coefficients in the balanced equation to convert mols Ag to mols NO.
Then L NO = mols NO x 22.4 L/mol =

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8 years ago

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User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To calculate the volume of nitrogen monoxide gas produced, we need to use the balanced chemical equation for the reaction. Here is the balanced equation:

2Ag + 4HNO3 → 2AgNO3 + 2NO + 2H2O

From the equation, we can see that 2 moles of silver (Ag) react with 4 moles of nitric acid (HNO3) to produce 2 moles of nitrogen monoxide (NO).

1. Convert the mass of silver (Ag) to moles:
To convert grams to moles, we need to divide the given mass by the molar mass of silver (Ag). The molar mass of silver is 107.87 g/mol.

Number of moles of Ag = Given mass of Ag / Molar mass of Ag

Given mass of Ag = 5.00 g
Molar mass of Ag = 107.87 g/mol

Number of moles of Ag = 5.00 g / 107.87 g/mol = 0.0463 mol

2. Use the mole ratio to find the moles of nitrogen monoxide (NO):
From the balanced equation, we know that 2 moles of Ag react to produce 2 moles of NO. Therefore, the moles of NO produced will be equal to the moles of Ag.

Number of moles of NO = Number of moles of Ag = 0.0463 mol

3. Convert the moles of nitrogen monoxide (NO) to volume (@STP):
At standard temperature and pressure (STP), one mole of any ideal gas occupies 22.4 L of volume.

Volume of NO gas (@STP) = Number of moles of NO x Molar volume (@STP)

Number of moles of NO = 0.0463 mol
Molar volume (@STP) = 22.4 L/mol

Volume of NO gas (@STP) = 0.0463 mol x 22.4 L/mol = 1.039 L

Therefore, the volume of nitrogen monoxide gas (@STP) that can be produced from the reaction of 5.00 g of silver is approximately 1.039 liters.