Methanol can be produced in industrial plants by reacting carbon dioxide with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. Water is the other product. How many volumes of hydrogen are required for each volume of carbon dioxide when each gas is at the same temperature and pressure? What is the number?
2006-10-12 09:35:25 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Methane gas CH3OH (the 3 should be a subscript). From the question CO2 + H2 ---> CH3OH + H2O It looks like you would need 3 molecules of H2 on the left side to balance this equation. I'm not a chemist, but I think hydrogen only comes (naturally) as H2, so I would say that you would need 3 volumes of H2 to every volume of CO2.
2006-10-12 10:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by horsebackphysicist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 volume of CO2 2 volumes of H2
2006-10-12 16:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Balance the equation and you'll have the answer to your homework problem.
2006-10-12 16:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by FF Geek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋