The equation given below relate to the manufacture fo sodium carbonate (molecular weight of Na2CO3=106).
1. NaCl+NH3+CO2+H2O→NaHCO3+NH4C
2. 2NaHCO3→Na2CO3+H2O+CO2
Equations (1) and (2) are based on the production of 21.2 g of sodium carbonate.
(a) What mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate must be heated to give 21.2 g of sodium carbonate?
(b) To produce the mass of sodium hydrogen carbonate calculated in (a) what volume of carbon dioxide, measured at STP, would be required?
a) 2NaHCO3→Na2CO3
2 x 84 =168 106
For obtaining 106g of Na2CO3 amount of NaHCO3 heated = 168g.
therefore for obtaining 21.2 g of Na2CO3 amount of heated =
b) NaHCO3→CO2
84g 22.4 litre
84 g of at S.T.P 22.4 litre of
33.6 g ofat S.T.P =