Terrorists often use ammonium nitrate fertilizer as aningredient in car bombs. When ammonium nitrate explodes, itdecomposes to gaseous nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor. The forceof the explosion results from the sudden production of a hugevolume of hot gas.
(a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction.
(b) What volume of gar (in liters) is produced from the explosionof 1.80m^3 of solid ammonium nitrate? Assume that the gas has atemp of 500°C and a pressure of 1.00 atm. The density of ammoniumnitrate is 1.725 g/cm^3,
(c) Use the thermodynamic data in Appendix B to calculate theamount of heat (in kilojoules) released in the reaction.
Appendix B info for ammonium nitrate(s) is ÎH°f (kJ/mol) = -365.6, ÎG°f (kJ/mol) = -184.0, S°[J/(K xmol)] = 151.1
Terrorists often use ammonium nitrate fertilizer as aningredient in car bombs. When ammonium nitrate explodes, itdecomposes to gaseous nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor. The forceof the explosion results from the sudden production of a hugevolume of hot gas.
(a) Write a balanced equation for the reaction.
(b) What volume of gar (in liters) is produced from the explosionof 1.80m^3 of solid ammonium nitrate? Assume that the gas has atemp of 500°C and a pressure of 1.00 atm. The density of ammoniumnitrate is 1.725 g/cm^3,
(c) Use the thermodynamic data in Appendix B to calculate theamount of heat (in kilojoules) released in the reaction.
Appendix B info for ammonium nitrate(s) is ÎH°f (kJ/mol) = -365.6, ÎG°f (kJ/mol) = -184.0, S°[J/(K xmol)] = 151.1
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