Assuming all volume measurements are made at the same temperature and pressure, how many liters of carbon dioxide gas can be produced when 12.8 liters of oxygen gas react with excess carbon monoxide? Show all of the work used to solve this problem.
Unbalanced equation: CO(g) + O2 (g) yields CO2 (g)

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Assuming all volume measurements are made at the same temperature and pressure, how many liters of carbon dioxide gas can be produced when 12.8 liters of oxygen gas react with excess carbon monoxide? Show all of the work used to solve this problem.
Unbalanced equation: CO(g) + O2 (g) yields CO2 (g)

festinger · Answer

Balancing the equation you quickly see that 1 mol of gas produces 2 mols of carbon dioxide. Applying Avogadro's law you will see that 25.6 litres of carbon dioxide is formed.

anonymous · Answer

can you show me the balanced equation?

anonymous · Answer

the issue is my teacher didn't really help me learn it. That's why i'm in summer school. I have an awesome grade in all my class but becuase I didn't undertand the concept i failed.

anonymous · Answer

convert litres into moles then compare moles of reactants and products.which gives the moles of CO2.convert this moles into litres with the help of avagradoes law

festinger · Answer

There is almost no good way to balance equation, if you ask me how I do it now, I probably say I have experience. If you asked me years back, it was hell. I almost always had to "count" atoms. Meaning that the left and the right must have the same number of atoms.

If I took CO and CO2, I find that C checks out. But the O doesn't. I can only add O in packets of O2. I put O2 in the equation. I find CO+O2=CO2. I have too many Os! (here's where experience comes in): I add 1 CO and find that 2CO+O2=CO2 checks out, 2 C on each side and 4 Os on each side.