Please help me learn how to think regarding 75.  I have it balanced and I have the formulas.  Pressure and Temp constant.  O2 and H2O not gaseous.  I tried assuming STP and converting to moles.  ( all are .89) .  Oxygen is in excess thus ch4 and NH3 are limiting and .89 moles.  They would create .89 moles of HCN since ratios are equal and plugging thise numbers back into my

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Please help me learn how to think regarding 75.  I have it balanced and I have the formulas.  Pressure and Temp constant.  O2 and H2O not gaseous.  I tried assuming STP and converting to moles.  ( all are .89) .  Oxygen is in excess thus ch4 and NH3 are limiting and .89 moles.  They would create .89 moles of HCN since ratios are equal and plugging thise numbers back into my STp assimption gives me 19.  Answer is 13. 

my approach of assumption looks wrong. So I tried

V 1 / N 1 = v2 / N 2

 

thus N2 /N1= V2 / V 1   No dice  

 

then i thought 4 volumes in balanced  equation produce 2 volumes hcn so 40 would produce 10   Close but not 13  

 

pkease help me think right

 

 

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First write the balanced chemical equation in which two mole of NH3 gives 2 mole of HCN

Hare O2 is excess reagent and NH3 and ch4 both of are limiting reagent so with the help of mole-mole relationship

Volume =20L

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