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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

ammonia burns in oxygen with a greenish yellow flame 4nh3+3o2->2n2+6h2o.if at 127 degree celcius and 2 atm pressure,30 ml each of nh3 and o2 are mixed to give complete reaction the amount of n2 produced is?

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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6 Years ago
Observation results for the burning of ammonia in excess of oxygen.
The reaction of ammonia with excess oxygen in the presence of a catalyst is called catalytic oxidation of ammonia.
In this process, platinum is used as a catalyst. As ammonia cannot reduce platinum at room temperature, platinum is heated.
To the reactant, mixture oxygen is added which oxidizes ammonia leading to the formation of nitric acid which is also called laughing gas.
when this gas is reacted with oxygen, it leads to the production of nitrogen dioxide.
The correct order of reaction involved is as follows:
 
 
 
 
Thus the first observation is considered correct, whereas the second is incorrect.