Electrolysis of Water :)

Chemistry Level 2

13.44 liters of oxygen gas was produced at STP after electrolysis of water. What are the mass of the decomposed water and the volume of the hydrogen produced at STP?

Note: The atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen are 1 and 16, respectively.

10.8g, 13.44 L 10.8g, 26.88 L 21.6 g, 13.44 L 21.6 g, 26.88 L

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1 solution

Chew-Seong Cheong
Feb 21, 2016

The balanced reaction of decomposition of water is given by:

2 H X 2 O ( l ) 2 H X 2 ( g ) + O X 2 ( g ) \ce{2H2O (l) -> 2H2 (g) + O2 (g)}

At same temperature and pressure, volume of a gas is proportional to its moles. Therefore, the volume of H X 2 \ce{H2} produced in this case is twice that of O X 2 \ce{O2} or 13.44 × 2 = 26.88 L 13.44 \times 2 = \text{26.88 L} .

At STP, 1 mol \text{1 mol} of gas has a volume of 22,4 L \text{22,4 L} , therefore, 13.44 L \text{13.44 L} of O X 2 \ce{O2} is 13.44 22.4 = 0.6 mol \dfrac{13.44}{22.4} = \text{0.6 mol} . Since 2 mol \text{2 mol} of H X 2 O \ce{H2O} produces 1 mol \text{1 mol} of O X 2 \ce{O2} . Therefore, the mole of H X 2 O \ce{H2O} decomposed was 0.6 × 2 = 1.2 mol 0.6 \times 2 = \text{1.2 mol} = 1.2 × ( 1 × 2 + 16 ) = 1.2 \times (1\times 2 + 16) = 1.2 × 18 = 21.6 g =1.2 \times 18 = \text{21.6 g} .

The answer is 21.6 g, 26.88 L \boxed{\text{21.6 g, 26.88 L}}

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Nicole Ling - 5 years, 3 months ago

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