Dilute nitric acid reacts with sodium carbonate solution. 2HNO3 (aq) + Na2CO3 (aq) → 2NaNO3 (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g) 25.00 cm3 of sodium carbonate solution of concentration 0.153 mol/dm3 reacts completely with 25.3 cm3 of dilute nitric acid. a) Calculate the number of moles of sodium carbonate.

b) Use your answer to (a) and the equation for the reaction to calculate the number of moles of nitric acid that reacted.

c) Use your answer to (b) to calculate the concentration of dilute nitric acid in mol/dm3.

d) Use your answer to (a), calculate the maximum volume (at r. t.p.) of carbon dioxide gas that could be produced in this reaction.