Notifications
Clear all
Chemical Reactions and Equations
1
Posts
2
Users
0
Likes
247
Views
0
03/09/2021 1:02 pm
Topic starter
Why is the amount of gas collected in one of the test tubes in Activity 7 double of the amount collected in the other? Name the gas.
1 Answer
0
03/09/2021 1:04 pm
It is so because in water, the hydrogen is two times more than oxygen by mass and volume.
The equation is expressed as:
2H2O(aq) + Electrolysis → 2H2(g) + O2(g)
Here the two gases have volume in ratio of 2 : 1. The gas is hydrogen.