Chapter 3, Problem 3.30CP

Interpretation Introduction

To determine:

Box representing reactants and box representing product (blue sphere represents nitrogen atoms and red sphere representsoxygen atoms) among the given boxes for the reaction $\text{2NO}\left(\text{g}\right){\text{+O}}_{\text{2}}\left(\text{g}\right)\to {\text{2NO}}_{\text{2}}\left(\text{g}\right)$

Solution:

Box (d) represents reactant and Box (c) represents product.

Explanation:

Box (d) has $\text{NO and }{\text{O}}_{\text{2}}$ molecule. Thus. it is representation of reactant.

Box (c) has ${\text{NO}}_{\text{2}}$ molecule. Thus, it is representation of product.

Conclusion:

Box (d)represents reactant and Box (c) represents product.