Federal regulations set an upper limit of 50 parts per million
(ppm) of NH3 in the air in a work environment [that is, 50
molecules of NH31g2 for every million molecules in the air].
Air from a manufacturing operation was drawn through a
solution containing 1.00 * 102 mL of 0.0105 M HCl. The
NH3 reacts with HCl according to:
NH31aq2 + HCl1aq2¡NH4Cl1aq2
After drawing air through the acid solution for 10.0 min at a
rate of 10.0 L/min, the acid was titrated. The remaining acid
needed 13.1 mL of 0.0588 M NaOH to reach the equivalence
point. (b) How many ppm of NH3 were in the air?
(Air has a density of 1.20 g/L and an average molar mass of
29.0 g>mol under the conditions of the experiment.)
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