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Fermentation of glucose question help. (1 Viewer)

BlueGas

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I need help on how to work out this question, I thought it was as simple as converting mass of CO2 to moles and using ratios but the answer I got wasn't the correct answer.

 

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C6H12O6 -> 2co2 + 2c2h5oh
molar ratio b/w co2 and ethanol is 1:1
n (co2)= 5.68/44 = 0.129... moles = n (ethanol)
m (ethanol) = 0.129 x MM (Ethanol) = 0.129 x 46 = 5.938..g
 

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C6H12O6 -> 2co2 + 2c2h5oh
molar ratio b/w co2 and ethanol is 1:1
n (co2)= 5.68/44 = 0.129... moles = n (ethanol)
m (ethanol) = 0.129 x MM (Ethanol) = 0.129 x 46 = 5.938..g
Ah that's what I forgot to do, I forgot to multiply the molecular weight of ethanol after finding the moles, lol, my bad.
 

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