If 12.3 grams of a substance burns in air to produce 15.9 grams of a compound, what mass of the air reacted?

Explanation:

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In this case, given the law of conservation of mass which states that mass cannot be created nor destroyed, since the produced mass of the compound is 15.9 g and the mass of the initial substance is 12.3 g we obtain the mass of air by applying the following equation:

Thus, solving for the mass of air we obtain:

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answer: enthalpy

explanation:

for a exothermic reaction, the energy is released i.e. the energy of the products is lower than the energy of the reactants.

= enthaply

= energy of products

= energy of reactants

as , thus comes out to be negative. negative value of enthalpy shows that the reaction is exothermic.