Question

Passing an electric current through a sample of water (H2O) can cause the water to decompose into hydrogen gas (H2) and oxygen gas (O2) according to the following equation. 2H2O Right arrow. 2H2 O2 The molar mass of H2O is 18. 01 g/mol. The molar mass of O2 is 32. 00 g/mol. What mass of H2O, in grams, must react to produce 50. 00 g of O2? 14. 07 23. 05 28. 14 56. 28.

Answer 1

The mass of water decomposed to produce 50 g oxygen has been 56.28 g. Thus, option D is correct.

The reaction for the decomposition of water has been:

$\rm 2\;H_2O\;\rightarrow\;H_2\;+\;O_2$

From the balanced equation, 2 moles of water decomposes to form 1 moles of hydrogen and 1 mole of oxygen.

The mass of oxygen produced has been 50 g. The moles of oxygen has been given by:

$\rm Moles=\dfrac{mass}{molar\;mass}$

The moles of oxygen has been:

$\rm Moles_O_2=\dfrac{50}{32}\;mol\\Moles_O_2=1.5625\;mol$

The moles of oxygen produced has been 1.5625 mol.

The moles of hydrogen decomposed has been given from the balanced chemical equation as:

$\rm 1 \;mole\;O_2=2\;mole\;H_2O\\1.5625\;mol\;O_2=1.5625\;\times\;2\;mol\;H_2O\\1.5625\;mol\;O_2=3.125\;mol\;H_2O$

The moles of hydrogen decomposes has been 3.125 mol.

The mass of hydrogen decomposed has been given by:

$\rm Mass=moles\;times\;molar\;mass\\Mass_{H_2O}=3.125\;\times\;18.01\;g\\Mass_{H_2O}=56.28\;g$

The mass of water decomposed to produce 50 g oxygen has been 56.28 g. Thus, option D is correct.

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