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Nitrogen dioxide is used industrially to produce nitric acid, but it contributes to acid rain and...

Nitrogen dioxide is used industrially to produce nitric acid, but it contributes to acid rain and photochemical smog. What volume of nitrogen dioxide is formed at 791 torr and 28.2°C by reacting 3.85 cm3of copper (d = 8.95 g/cm3) with 240. mL of nitric acid  (d = 1.42 g/cm3, 68.0% HNO3 by mass)?


Cu(s) + 4HNO3(aq) → Cu(NO3)2(aq) + 2NO2(g) + 2H2O(l)

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