Suppose that you have a process that converts nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia by the following chemical reaction:

a. For this process, is it correct to write a total mole balance such as Why, or why not?

b. What is the maximum number of material balance equations that can be properly written for this process, assuming that nitrogen, hydrogen, and ammonia are the only chemical species present?
c. Your colleague claims that the solution of this problem requires a total mass balance along with three individual species balances for a total of four material balance equations. Do you agree? Why, or why not?

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N2 + 3H₂ → 2NH3