A flask of volume 5.00 L is evacuated and 43.78 g of solid dinitrogen tetroxide, N 2

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A flask of volume 5.00 L is evacuated and 43.78 g of solid dinitrogen tetroxide, N2O4, is introduced at –196°C. The sample is then warmed to 25 °C, during which time the N2O4 vaporizes and some of it dissociates to form brown NO2 gas. The pressure slowly increases until it stabilizes at 2.96 atm.

(a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction.

(b) If the gas in the flask at 25°C were all N2O4, what would the pressure be?

(c) If all the gas in the flask converted into NO2, what would the pressure be?

(d) What are the mole fractions of N2O4 and NO2 once the pressure stabilizes at 2.96 atm?

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Chemical Principles The Quest For Insight

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