Chemistry
The equations given below relate to the manufacture of sodium carbonate [Mol. wt. of Na2CO3 = 106]
(i) NaCl + NH3 + CO2 + H2O ⟶ NaHCO3 + NH4Cl
(ii) 2NaHCO3 ⟶ Na2CO3 + H2O + CO2
Questions (a) and (b) are based on the production of 21.2 g. of sodium carbonate.
(a) What mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate must be heated to give 21.2 g. of sodium carbonate [Molecular weight of NaHCO3 = 84].
(b) To produce the mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate calculated in (a), what volume of carbon dioxide, measured at s.t.p., would be required.
Related Questions
10 g. of a mixture of NaCl and anhydrous Na2SO4 is dissolved in water. An excess of BaCl2 soln. is added and 6.99 g. of BaSO4 is precipitated according to the equation :
Na2SO4 + BaCl2 → BaSO4↓ + 2NaCl.
Calculate the percentage of Na2SO4 in the original mixture.
[O = 16 ; Na = 23 ; S = 32; Ba = 137]
The reaction of potassium permanganate with acidified iron (II) sulphate is given below :
2KMnO4 + 10FeSO4 + 8H2SO4 ⟶ K2SO4 + 2MnSO4 + 5 Fe2(SO4)3 + 8H2O.
If 15.8 g. of potassium permanganate was used in the reaction, calculate the mass of iron (II) sulphate used in the above reaction.
[K = 39, Mn = 55, Fe = 56, S = 32, O = 16]
The relative molecular mass [mol. wt.] of copper oxide is 80. What vol. of NH3 (measured at s.t.p.) is required to completely reduce 120 g of CuO.
[3CuO + 2NH3 ⟶ 3Cu + 3H2O + N2].
A sample of ammonium nitrate when heated yields 8.96 litres of steam (measured at stp.)
NH4NO3 ⟶ N2O + 2H2O
(i) What volume of di nitrogen oxide is produced at the same time as 8.96 litres of steam.
(ii) What mass of ammonium nitrate should be heated to produce 8.96 litres of steam [Relative molecular mass of NH4NO3 is 80]