Question

What volume of oxygen measured at standard conditions, can be produced by heating 10g of potassium chlorate kclo3

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

In order to be able to calculate the volume of oxygen gas produced by this reaction, you need to know the conditions for pressure and temperature.

Since no mention of those conditions was made, I'll assume that the reaction takes place at STP, Standard Temperature and Pressure.

STP conditions are defined as a pressure of

100 kPa

and a temperature of

0

∘

C

. Under these conditions for pressure and temperature, one mole of any ideal gas occupies

22.7 L

- this is known as the molar volume of a gas at STP.

So, in order to find the volume of oxygen gas at STP, you need to know how many moles of oxygen are produced by this reaction.

The balanced chemical equation for this decomposition reaction looks like this

2

KClO

3(s]

heat

×

−−−→

2

KCl

(s]

+

3

O

2(g]

↑

⏐

⏐

Notice that you have a

2

:

3

mole ratio between potassium chlorate and oxygen gas.

This tells you that the reaction will always produce

3

2

times more moles of oxygen.