Mixture of CO2 and CO is passed over red hot graphite when 1 mole of mixture changes to 33.6 L (converted to STP). Hence, mole fraction of CO2 in the mixture is
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a
0.25
b
0.33
c
0.50
d
0.66
answer is C.
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Let, CO2 = x molThen, CO = (1 - x) molCO2+C⟶2COx mol 2x molTotal CO after passing over hot graphite = (1 - x ) + 2 x = 1 + x 22.4 L at STP = 1 mol∴ 33.6 L at STP = 1.5 mol∴ 1 + x = 1.5⇒x = 0.5Thus, CO2 = x = 0.5 molCO = 0.5 molXCO2=0.5