Nitrate salts (NO3), when heated, can produce nitrites (NO2) plus oxygen (O2). A sample of potassium nitrate is heated, and the 02 gas produced is collected in a 700 mL flask. The pressure of the gas in the flask is 2.7 atm, and the temperature is recorded to be 329 K. The value of R= 0.0821 atm L/(mol K) How many moles of O2 gas were produced? moles After a few hours, the 700 mL flask cools to a temperature of 293K. What is the new pressure due to the O2 gas?

a) 0.070 moles of oxygen were produced.

b) New pressure due to the oxygen gas is 2.4 atm

Explanation:

According to ideal gas equation:

P = pressure of gas = 2.7 atm

V = Volume of gas = 700 ml = 0.7 L

n = number of moles = ?

R = gas constant =

T =temperature = 329 K

Thus 0.070 moles of oxygen were produced.

When the 700 mL flask cools to a temperature of 293K.

The new pressure due to the oxygen gas is 2.4 atm

it takes on an electronical energy

c. electrical charges of ionic bonds.