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Offline davidenarb

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Number of moles
« on: September 29, 2014, 10:03:30 PM »
Let's consider the following raction aA+bB=cC+dD
it tells us that :   "a" mol of A contains "c" mol of C, but we write:
 c n(A) = a n(C)

I just find this is confusing with the sentence! for me : a n(A) = c n(C)

Thanks for the clarification
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Re: Number of moles
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 01:25:54 AM »
You have written an equation it is a chemical reaction where A + B goes to products C + D.
So what is your question?
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Re: Number of moles
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 08:27:40 AM »
If n(A) = a and n(C) = c then c*n(A) = a*n(C) = ac, trivially.
For example, if a = 2 and c = 1, 2 moles of A (plus some B) react to give 1 mole of C (plus some D). Then the number of moles of A reacted is twice the number of moles of C produced, i.e. c*n(A) = a*n(C). Your preferred equation would give 4 = 1.

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