Ammonium nitrate, a common fertilizer, is used as an explosive in fireworks and by terrorists. It was the material used in the tragic explosion at the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995. How many liters of gas at and are formed by the explosive decomposition of of ammonium nitrate to nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor?

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Ammonium nitrate has been used as a high explosive because it is very unstable and decomposes into several gaseous substances. The heat from the decomposition reaction results in the rapid expansion of these gases (which include nitrogen, oxygen, and water) and produces the explosive force. Write the balanced chemical equation for this reaction:

Calculate the mass of each gas that is produced if 125 grams of ammonium nitrate decomposes completely.

Step 1: Convert 125 g of ammonium nitrate to moles.

Step 2: Using the balanced equation, determine the number of moles of each gas that will be produced.

Nitrogen:

Oxygen:

Water:

Step 3: Convert from moles back to grams.

Nitrogen:

Oxygen:

Water:

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 500Â°C and a pressure of 1.00 atm. The density of ammoniumnitrate is 1.725 g/cm^3,

Appendix B info for ammonium nitrate(s) is ÎHÂ°f (kJ/mol) = -365.6, ÎGÂ°f (kJ/mol) = -184.0, SÂ°[J/(K xmol)] = 151.1

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