Q.

How many moles of P4O6 and P4O10 will be produced by the combustion of 12.4 gm of phosphorus in  12.8 gm of O2, leaving no P4 or O2?
[Atomic wt. P=31]

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a

0.05 mol each 

b

 0.1 mol each

c

0.11 mol and 0.3 mol

d

 0.15 mol and 0.25 mol

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

No. of moles of P4=12.4124=0.1

No. of moles of O2=12.832=0.4

Let moles of P4O6 and P4O10 be n1 and n2 respectively.

POAC on 'P'4×0.1=n1×4+n2×4

POAC on O2×0.4=n1×6+n2×10

n1=n2=0.05 mol

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