In: Chemistry
Trinitroglycerin, C3H5N3O9 (usually referred to simply as nitroglycerin), has been widely used as an explosive. Alfred Nobel used it to make dynamite in 1866. Rather surprisingly, it also is used as a medication, to relieve angina (chest pains resulting from partially blocked arteries to the heart) by dilating the blood vessels. The enthalpy of decomposition at 1 atm pressure of trinitroglycerin to form nitrogen gas, carbon dioxide gas, liquid water, and oxygen gas at 25 °C is –1541.4 kJ/mol. (a) Write a balanced chemical equation for the decomposition of trinitroglycerin. (b) Calculate the standard heat of formation of trinitroglycerin. (c) A standard dose of trinitroglycerin for relief of angina is 0.60 mg. Given the equation in part a, determine the eat released when 60mg decomposes (not explosively). d. given that nitroglycerin melts at 3 C would this compound be ionic or molecular. Why? ****Please show all work on a separate page