Chapter 22, Problem 22.66P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reason for nitric acid not produced by oxidizing ${\text{N}}_{\text{2}}$ as given has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

The change in standard Gibbs free energy is given by,

    ${\text{ΔG}}^{\text{o}}{}_{\text{rxn}}\text{=}{\displaystyle \sum _{}^{}\text{m}}{\text{ΔG}}_{\text{f}}{{}^{\text{o}}}_{\text{(products)}}\text{-}{\displaystyle \sum _{}^{}\text{n}}{\text{ΔG}}_{\text{f}}{{}^{\text{o}}}_{\text{(reactants)}}$