Answer to Question #270568 in General Chemistry for jones

Question

Nitroglycerine, C3H5(NO3)3(l), a powerful explosive used in

mining, detonates to produce a hot gaseous mixture of nitrogen,

water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen.

(a) Write a balanced equation for this reaction using the smallest

whole-number coefficients.

(b) If H°rxn  2.29 104 kJ for the equation as written in

part (a), calculate H°f of nitroglycerine.

Answer 1

$4C_3H_5(NO_3)_3(l) → 6 N_2(g) + 10 H_2O(g) + 12 CO_2(g) + O_2(g)$

$∆H°_{Fnitro}=-1784kJ/mol$