When 125.0 g of ethylene (c2h4) burns in 60.0 grams of oxygen to give carbon dioxide and water, how many grams of co2 are formed? (hint: balance the equation and determine limiting reactant first)

             66 g of CO₂

Solution:

The Balance Chemical Reaction is as follow,

                             C₂H₂  +  5/2 O₂    →    2 CO₂  +  H₂O

Or,

                             2 C₂H₂  +  5 O₂    →    4 CO₂  +  2 H₂O      (1)

Step 1: Find out the limiting reagent as;

According to Equation 1,

            56.1 g (2 mole) C₂H₂ reacts with  =  160 g (5 moles) of O₂

So,

                  125 g of C₂H₂ will react with  =  X g of O₂

Solving for X,

                      X =  (125 g × 160 g) ÷ 56.1 g

                      X =  356.5 g of O₂

It means for total combustion of Ethylene we require 356.5 g of O₂, but we are only provided with 60.0 g of O₂. Therefore, O₂ is the limiting reagent and will control the yield.

Step 2: Calculate Amount of CO₂ produced as;

According to Equation 1,

              160 g (5 mole) O₂ produces  =  176 g (4 moles) of CO₂

So,

                  60.0 g of O₂ will produce  =  X g of CO₂

Solving for X,

                      X =  (60.0 g × 176 g) ÷ 160 g

                      X =  66 g of CO₂

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explanation:

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hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.