Question: Industrially, nitric acid is produced by the Ostwald process represented by the following equations: What mass of NH3 (in g) must be used to produce

Industrially, nitric acid is produced by the Ostwald process represented by the following equations:

Industrially, nitric acid is produced by the Ostwald process represented

What mass of NH3 (in g) must be used to produce 1.00 ton of HNO3 by the above procedure, assuming an 80 percent yield in each step? (1 ton = 2000 lb; 1 lb = 453.6 g.)

4NH (8) 502(8)4NO(8) 6H,0() 2NO(8) 02(8)2NO2(g) 2NO-(8) H0) HNO (aq) + HNO (a)

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