Chapter 13, Problem 13.12P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The balanced chemical equation that illustrates the combination of gases X and Y to form new ${\text{XY}}_2$ gas has to be written.

Concept Introduction:

Gay-Lussac’s gaseous law states that ratio of gaseous volumes that combine in chemical reaction are smallest whole numbers to each other. For instance, 3 volumes of hydrogen combine with one volume of dinitrogen to form two volumes of ammonia. The relative ratio of such combination is always the simplest whole number ratio as illustrated below:

  $3{\text{H}}_2+{\text{N}}_2\to 2{\text{NH}}_3$