Hey; we weren't given the sols and I'm just wondering if I've done all of this correct [ mainly worried about part (f) ]
Appreciate it if you could correct it.
Thanks
Ethanol undergoes combustion with oxygen.
a) Show the balanced eq.
b) What is the mass of one mol of ethanol
c) Determine the amount [ no. of mol ] in 10g of ethanol
d) How many mole of carbon atoms in 10g of ethanol?
e) Determine the % composition of carbon in ethanol
f) What mass of carbon dioxide is produced if 10g of ethanol is burnt.
MY ANSWERS
a) C2H5OH + 3O2 >>>> 2CO2 + 3H2O
b) (12x2) + (1x5) + 16 + 1 = 46gmol ^ -1
c) n = m/M ....n = 10/46......n = 5/23 mol so approximately 0.217mol.
d) 2mol of carbon atoms so 0.217 times 2 = 0.434 mol.
e) 24g of carbon in ethanol so 24/46 times 100 = 52.17%
f) Ratio: what we want/what we know
: 2:1
Mol of ethanol reacting as found above is 5/23mol therefore mole of Carbon dioxide produced is 5/23 times 2 = 10/23mol
n = m/M therefore m = nM
m = 10/23mol times molar mass of carbon dioxide
M(carbon dioxide) = 12 + (16x2) = 44gmol ^ -1
therefore m = 10/23 times 44
therefore 19.13grams of carbon dioxide is produced