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This question is about carbon dioxide The food and drink industries use a lot of carbon dioxide. During summer 2 0 1 8 , a

This question is about carbon dioxide
The food and drink industries use a lot of
carbon dioxide. During summer 2018, a
global shortage led to supermarkets
limiting frozen food deliveries and
rationing beer. This is ironic considering
the documented rise of atmospheric CO2
levels.
(a)(i) Draw dot and cross diagrams for carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.
(ii) Calculate the difference in the oxidation state between the carbons in carbon
dioxide and in carbon monoxide.
The English chemist William Henry studied the equilibria when a gas dissolves in a liquid. He
proposed that the concentration of a gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to the gas' partial
pressure when in the gas phase. The proportionality factor is called the Henry's law constant.
The Henry's law constant for CO2 is 3.310-2moldm-3atm-1.
Sealed containers of fizzy drinks contain dissolved CO2. This dissolved CO2 is in equilibrium
with a small quantity of gaseous CO2 at the top of the container.
(b)(i) The partial pressure of CO2 gas in a 250cm3 can of fizzy drink is 3.0atm at
25C. What is the concentration of CO2 in the fizzy drink?
(ii) What mass of CO2 is dissolved in a 250cm3 can of fizzy drink?
(iii) If the can contained only the mass of CO2 calculated in part (ii) as a gas, calculate
the pressure in the can when it is stored at 25C.
(iv) Under what conditions would CO2 gas be most soluble in water?
Tick the correct option in the answer booklet:
high pressure and low temperature
high pressure and high temperature
low pressure and low temperature
low pressure and high temperature
(c) The maximum pressure that a can of fizzy drink can withstand is 7atm. Using the graph
below, determine the maximum temperature at which a can can be stored safely.
One method of industrially manufacturing CO2 involves the Haber-Bosch process.
CH4+H2OCO+3H2 Step 1
N2+3H22NH3 Step 2
CO+H2OCO2+H2 Step 3
Ammonia (the product of Step 2) is widely used to produce fertiliser. Fertiliser production is
often stopped over the summer. Combined with the increase in demand for soft-drinks during
the hot summer last year, the halt in fertiliser production contributed to the CO2 shortage.
In Step 3 an initial mixture of 40mol of CO,20mol of H2, and 20mol of CO2 in contact with
40mol of steam was allowed to come to equilibrium in a reactor at 1100K. At 1100K this
reaction has a Kp of 0.64.
(d) Calculate the number of moles of each gas leaving the reactor after equilibration.
The standard enthalpies of formation of CO(g),CO2(g) and H2O(g) are -110.5,-393.5 and
-241.1kJmol-1 respectively.
(e) Calculate the enthalpy of reaction for the reaction between CO and steam to form CO2
and H2.
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