H2SO4 + 2NaNO2 → 2HNO2 + Na2SO4 How many grams of NaNO2 do you need in order to make 24.14714 g of Na2SO4?
(use 5 sig figs)

*btw the answer 23.459 is wrong

23.458 g

Given

Reaction

H2SO4 + 2NaNO2 → 2HNO2 + Na2SO4

24.14714 g of Na2SO4

Required

mass of NaNO2

Solution

mol Na2SO4 :

= 24.14714 : 142,04 g/mol

= 0.17

From the equation, mol NaNO2 :

= 2/1 x mol Na2SO4

= 2/1 x 0.17

= 0.34

Mass NaNO2 :

= 0.34 x 68,9953 g/mol

= 23.458 g

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

explanation: