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Ch.14 - Chemical Kinetics
Brown - Chemistry: The Central Science 14th Edition
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Capitolo 14, Problema 107a

The following mechanism has been proposed for the reaction of NO with H2 to form N2O and H2O:
NO(g) + NO(g) → N2O2(g)
N2O2(g) + H2(g) → N2O(g) + H2O(g)
(a) Show that the elementary reactions of the proposed mechanism add to provide a balanced equation for the reaction.

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Step 1: Write down the two elementary reactions given in the mechanism. The first reaction is: NO(g) + NO(g) → N2O2(g). The second reaction is: N2O2(g) + H2(g) → N2O(g) + H2O(g).
Step 2: Add the reactants from both elementary reactions together. This gives: NO(g) + NO(g) + N2O2(g) + H2(g).
Step 3: Add the products from both elementary reactions together. This gives: N2O2(g) + N2O(g) + H2O(g).
Step 4: Cancel out any species that appear on both sides of the equation. In this case, N2O2(g) appears as both a reactant and a product, so it can be canceled out.
Step 5: Write the final balanced equation after canceling out common species. The balanced equation is: 2NO(g) + H2(g) → N2O(g) + H2O(g). This shows that the elementary reactions add up to provide the balanced equation for the overall reaction.

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