Question

The production capacity for acrylonitrile (C3H3N) in the United States is over 2 billion pounds per year. Acrylonitrile, the building block for polyacrylonitrile fibers and a variety of plastics, is produced from gaseous propylene, ammonia, and oxygen: 2C3H6(g) + 2NH3(g) + 3O2(g) → 2C3H3N(g) + 6H2O(g) Assuming 100% yield, determine the mass of acrylonitrile which can be produced from the mixture below:

Answer 1

Answer:

The mass of acrylonitrile is 106 g.

Explanation:

The equation is balanced and considering that the yield is 100%, the mass can be calculated using the following formula:

number of mols=$\frac{mass}{molecular weight}$

The molecular weight for C3H3N is 53 g/mol. Since the number of mol is 2 according to the equation, the mass will be 106 g.