Chapter 1, Problem 1.22NP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The volume of carbon dioxide evolved during the oxidation of glycine should be obtained from the given data.

Concept Introduction:

The number of moles of any compound involved during the reaction is found as:

  $\text{n=}\frac{\text{m}}{\text{M}}$

Here, m is mass and M is molar mass.

The ideal gas equation is used to find out the volume of any gas produced under given conditions as follows:

  $\begin{array}{l}\text{PV=nRT}\\ \text{Where, P= Pressure, V=volume, n= number of moles, R= universal gas constant and T= temperature}\end{array}$