Question

How do you convert 5.0g of nitrogen dioxide (`NO_2`) to grams of ozone gas (`O_3`)?

Answer 1

With difficulty........we would get `3.5*g` of ozone........

Explanation:

Well, first we need a stoichiometric equation:

`3NO_2(g) rarr 2O_3(g) + N_2(g)`

Please let me say that I do not know whether this reaction could be reliably accomplished. Certainly, we could assess the energy transfer of the reaction.

Given the equation, we see that 2 equiv of ozone derives from 3 equiv of nitric oxide:

`"Moles of"` `NO_2` `=` `(5.0*g)/(46.01*g*mol^-1)=0.109*mol.`

And thus with quantitative reaction we would get:

`2/3xx0.109*molxx48.00*g*mol^-1=3.49*g` `"ozone gas"`.