Using the following equation for the combustion of octane, calculate the amount of moles of carbon dioxide formed from 100.0 g of octane. The molar mass of octane is 114.33 g/mole. The molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44.0095 g/mole. 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 → 16 CO2 + 18 H2O ΔH°rxn = - 11018 kJ

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Jakob Bailey

5 December, 06:55

Using the following equation for the combustion of octane, calculate the amount of moles of carbon dioxide formed from 100.0 g of octane. The molar mass of octane is 114.33 g/mole. The molar mass of carbon dioxide is 44.0095 g/mole. 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 → 16 CO2 + 18 H2O ΔH°rxn = - 11018 kJ

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Payton Love · Answer 1

We are given the chemical reaction and the amount of fuel used for the process. We use these data together with the molar masses to obtain what is asked. We do as as follows:

100 g C8H18 (1 / 114.33) (16 / 2) = 6.9973 mol CO2 produced