Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Coke burns in a limited supply of air so that all of the oxygen forms carbon monoxide: . Air is oxygen and nitrogen by volume, and nitrogen takes no part. Find the percentages by volume of carbon monoxide and nitrogen in the gas that leaves. Then find the heat released when the carbon monoxide in of the gas burns to carbon dioxide, with for CO, at and . Use and .
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The gas from 100 volumes of air. Oxygen: volumes, which gives volumes of CO. Nitrogen: volumes.
Step 2. Percentages. The total is volumes. CO: . Nitrogen: .
Step 3. Moles of CO in . .
Step 4. Heat. .
Answer: CO, N and .
Check. The gas has twice the volume of CO as of O2 used, so it is larger than the air that went in, by a factor of .
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