Gerald Melendez

Chemistry

10 July, 02:16

While ethanol CH3CH2OH is produced naturally by fermentation, e. g. in beer - and wine-making, industrially it is synthesized by reacting ethylene CH2CH2 with water vapor at elevated temperatures. A chemical engineer studying this reaction fills a 75.0L tank with 20. mol of ethylene gas and 9.3mol of water vapor. When the mixture has come to equilibrium he determines that it contains 16.7mol of ethylene gas and 6.0mol of water vapor. The engineer then adds another 3.1mol of water, and allows the mixture to come to equilibrium again. Calculate the moles of ethanol after equilibrium is reached the second time. Ro