In the presence of a platinum catalyst, ammonia, NH3, burns in oxygen, O2, to give nitric oxide, NO, and water vapor. How many volumes of nitric oxide are obtained from one volume of ammonia, assuming each gas is at the same temperature and pressure?

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Wesley

31 December, 11:32

In the presence of a platinum catalyst, ammonia, NH3, burns in oxygen, O2, to give nitric oxide, NO, and water vapor. How many volumes of nitric oxide are obtained from one volume of ammonia, assuming each gas is at the same temperature and pressure?

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Tucker Kim · Answer 1

1 volume of NO

Explanation:

First let us generate a balanced equation for the reaction between NH3 and O2 to produce NO and water. This is shown below:

4NH3 + 5O2 - > 4NO + 6H2O

From the equation,

4 volumes of NH3 produced 4 volumes of NO.

Therefore, 1 volume of NH3 will also produce 1 volume of NO