Question 6

The drain cleaner, Drainex contains small bits of aluminum which react with caustic soda to produce dihydrogen. What volume of dihydrogen at 20 °C and one bar will be released when 0.15g of aluminum reacts?

Answer

Aluminium reacts with caustic soda in accordance with the reaction

The reaction of aluminium with caustic soda can be represented as:

Therefore volume of hydrogen at STP released when 0.15g of Al reactsv

=0.15 x 3 x 22.4 /54 = 187ml

Now P1 = 1 bar,

P2 = 1 bar

T1 = 273 K

T2 = 20 + 273 = 293 K

V1 = 187 ml

V2 = x

When pressure is held constant,then

V2 = P1 V1 T2 / P2 T1

OR

x = 1 X 187 X 293 / 0.987 X 273

= 201 ml

Therefore, 201 mL of dihydrogen will be released.

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