A piece of sodium metal was added to a flask of water on a day when the

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A piece of sodium metal was added to a flask of water on a day when the atmospheric pressure was 757.5 Torr. The sodium reacted completely with the water to produce 137.0 mL of a mixture of hydrogen gas and water vapor at 24°C, at which temperature the vapor pressure of water is 22.38 Torr.

(a) What is the partial pressure (in Torr) of hydrogen in the collection flask?

(b) Write a balanced equation for the reaction of sodium with water.

(c) What mass of sodium metal reacted?

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Chemical Principles The Quest For Insight

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