A mass of 0.3 g of an organic chemical is dissolved in a 10 L sealed...

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A mass of 0.3 g of an organic chemical is dissolved in a 10 L sealed reactor. The reactor also contains 5 mg/L of oxygen, 15 mg/L of NO3, and 12 mg/L of CO2. Assume that bacteria exist in the reactor to degrade the organic chemical and that 60% of the chemical's mass may be represented by CH₂O. When the contents of the reactor reach equilibrium, how much CH₂O, O2 and NO3- remains? Express your answers in mol/L (M) TABLE 2-6 Common Environmental Redox Half-Reactions" log K, (AG, kcal/mol) Half-reaction O₂(g) + HeH₂O NO; + H+ + e N₂(g) + 3H₂O MnO, (s) + 2H+ + → Mn²+ + H₂O Fe(OH),(s) + 3H+ +eFe²+ + 3H₂O SO+H+H₂S(g) + H₂O SO+H+eHS + H₂O *CO,(g) +H* + ¢^ → }CH,(g) + }H,O }CH,O + }H_O → e^ + H* + {CO,(g) "Stumm and Morgan (1981). 20.75 (-28.22) 21.05 (-28.63) 21.00 (-28.56) 16.5 (-22.44) 5.25 (-7.14) 4.25 (-5.78) 2.87 (-3.90) 1.2 (-1.63) A mass of 0.3 g of an organic chemical is dissolved in a 10 L sealed reactor. The reactor also contains 5 mg/L of oxygen, 15 mg/L of NO3, and 12 mg/L of CO2. Assume that bacteria exist in the reactor to degrade the organic chemical and that 60% of the chemical's mass may be represented by CH₂O. When the contents of the reactor reach equilibrium, how much CH₂O, O2 and NO3- remains? Express your answers in mol/L (M) TABLE 2-6 Common Environmental Redox Half-Reactions" log K, (AG, kcal/mol) Half-reaction O₂(g) + HeH₂O NO; + H+ + e N₂(g) + 3H₂O MnO, (s) + 2H+ + → Mn²+ + H₂O Fe(OH),(s) + 3H+ +eFe²+ + 3H₂O SO+H+H₂S(g) + H₂O SO+H+eHS + H₂O *CO,(g) +H* + ¢^ → }CH,(g) + }H,O }CH,O + }H_O → e^ + H* + {CO,(g) "Stumm and Morgan (1981). 20.75 (-28.22) 21.05 (-28.63) 21.00 (-28.56) 16.5 (-22.44) 5.25 (-7.14) 4.25 (-5.78) 2.87 (-3.90) 1.2 (-1.63)

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