An important process for the production of acrylonitrile  (C3H3N) (US production is greater than 10^9 lb) is given by the following reaction: 2C3H4(g) + 2NH3(g) +3O2(g) --> 2C3H3N(g) + 6H2O(g) A 150.-L reactor is charged to the following partial pressures at 25°C: P( C3H4) = 0.500 MPa P (NH3) = 0.800 MPa P (O2) = 1.500 MPa What mass of acrylonitrile can be produced from this mixture (MPa = 10^6 Pa)? Find the limiting reagent, theoretical yield of acrylonitrile in kilograms. Assuming the reaction above can achieve completion (actually a wrong assumption), what should be the mass of the other two excess reactants after the reaction in kilograms

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An important process for the production of acrylonitrile  (C3H3N) (US production is greater than 10^9 lb) is given by the following reaction:

2C3H4(g) + 2NH3(g) +3O2(g) --> 2C3H3N(g) + 6H2O(g)

A 150.-L reactor is charged to the following partial pressures at 25°C:

P( C3H4) = 0.500 MPa

P (NH3) = 0.800 MPa

P (O2) = 1.500 MPa

What mass of acrylonitrile can be produced from this mixture (MPa = 10^6 Pa)? Find the limiting reagent, theoretical yield of acrylonitrile in kilograms.

Assuming the reaction above can achieve completion (actually a wrong assumption), what should be the mass of the other two excess reactants after the reaction in kilograms

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