A farmer wants to start growing sweetcorn on his farm. He has found out that sweetcorn grows best in soil with a pH value of approximately 7.5. Explain how he can use the knowledge of acids, alkalis, and neutralisation to find out the pH value of his soil to make sure he gets the best crop possible

The process to use this knowledge is explained as below:

Explanation:

1. Farmer should use an indicator to check the pH value of the soil of the field of the farm.

2. If the field or the farm has alkali soil add acid to reduce the pH value.

3. If the soil of the farm is acidic for the crop add alkali to increase the pH value.

4. It will be a neutralization reaction and changes the pH value of the farm.

5. Weather/leeching into the surrounding soil/plant or animal waste will lead to a change in pH value over time.

6. The pH value will need to be regularly monitored and adjusted.

n2(g) + 3h2-> 2nh3(g)   this is the balanced equation

note the mole ratio between n2, h2 and nh3.   it is 1 : 3 : 2   this will be important.

moles n2 present = 28.0 g n2 x 1 mole n2/28 g = 1 mole n2 present

moles h2 present = 25.0 g h2 x 1 mole h2/2 g = 12.5 moles h2 present

based on mole ratio, n2 is limiting in this situation because there is more than enough h2 but not enough n2.

moles nh3 that can be produced = 1 mole n2 x 2 moles nh3/mole n2 = 2 moles nh3 can be produced

grams of nh3 that can be produced = 2 moles nh3 x 17 g/mole = 34 grams of nh3 can be produced

note:   the key to this problem is recognizing that n2 is limiting, and therefore limits how much nh3 can be produced.

d.) the average kinetic energy of the gas particles is greater in container b because its particles move faster.