If 240 g of carbon is taken in a container to con

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If 240 g of carbon is taken in a container to convert it completely to CO2 but in industry it has been found that 280 g of CO was also formed along with CO2. Find the percentage yield of CO2.

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Yield of CO2 = (Amount of CO2 actually formed) / (Amount of CO2 that can be formed by complete oxidation of given carbon)C + O2CO22C + O22CO 1 mole of Carbon(C) yields 1 mole of CO2.Number of moles of carbon = (240)/12 = 20 moles.Number of moles of carbon that is used to form CO = Number of moles of CO formed = (280)/(28) = 10 moles Number of moles of carbon used in the formation of CO2 = Number of moles of CO2 formed = 20 – 10 = 10 molesNumber of moles of CO2 that can be formed by the complete oxidation of given amount of carbon = Number of moles of carbon = 20 molesYield of CO2 = (10)/(20) = 0.5percentage yield of CO2 = 0.5 * 100% = 50%

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If 240 g of carbon is taken in a container to convert it completely to CO2 but in industry it has been found that 280 g of CO was also formed along with CO2. Find the percentage yield of CO2.

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