Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Ethanol produces how many grams of H2O & CO2 after this combustion?
Since we're looking for quantities, we have to start with at least one quantity, and none is given, so I'll invent one: one liter of the original solution. There will be 950 ml of alcohol in this, with a m of 775.2 grams. Ethanol, C2H5OH, has a molecular weight of 46, so this is 16.85 moles. This creates 33.7 moles of CO2 and 50.55 moles of water. The CO2 has a MW of 44, so you get 1483 grams of CO2, and 909.9 moles of water from the combustion -- to which you need to add the 50 grams of water that were in the original solution.
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