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14 December, 17:58

If you feed 100 kg of N2 gas and 100 kg of H2 gas into a

reactor. What is the excess reactant?

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  1. 14 December, 18:09
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    H₂ gas

    Explanation:

    The reaction between nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas forms ammonia (the Haber-Bosch process):

    N₂ + 3H₂ ⇒ 2NH₃

    The excess reactant can be found by comparing the moles of nitrogen and hydrogen. The molar mass of N₂ is 28.00 g/mol and the molar mass of H₂ is 2.02 g/mol.

    (100 kg N₂) (1000g/kg) (mol/28.00g) = 3570 mol

    (100 kg H₂) (1000g/kg) (mol/2.02g) = 49500 mol

    The molar ratio between the reactant N₂ and H₂ is 1N₂:3H₂. The moles of nitrogen required to react with H₂ is:

    (49500 mol H₂) (1N₂ / 3H₂) = 16500 mol

    The amount of nitrogen required is more than what is available, so nitrogen is the limiting reagent and hydrogen is the excess reagent.
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