Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. Instead of melting, solid carbon dioxide sublim

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Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. Instead of melting, solid carbon dioxide sublimes according to the following equation: CO2(s)CO2(g). When dry ice is added to warm water, heat from the water causes the dry ice to sublime more quickly. The evaporating carbon dioxide produces a dense fog often used to create special effects. In a simple dry ice fog machine, dry ice is added to warm water in a Styrofoam cooler. The dry ice produces fog until it evaporates away, or until the water gets too cold to sublime the dry ice quickly enough. Suppose that a small Styrofoam cooler holds 15.0 liters of water heated to 88 C.

Use standard enthalpies of formation to calculate the change in enthalpy for dry ice sublimation. (The Hf for CO2(s) is - 427.4kJ/mol).

Calculate the mass of dry ice that should be added to the water so that the dry ice completely sublimes away when the water reaches 27 C. Assume no heat loss to the surroundings

Explanation / Answer

there is no heat loss to the surroundings, therefore all the heat transfer is from the hot water to the dry ice, which causes it to vapourise.

q = mcT [q= heat change, m = mass of the substance water, c= specific heat capacity of water and T= change in temperature. ]

c = 4.186 J/g/K
m = 15000 g (as 1 mL of water = 1 g at ambient conditions)
T = (27 - 88) K = -61 K

q =15000 x 4.186 x -61

q= -3830190

n(dry ice) = q / H(sublimation)

n=-3830190 /-427.4 = 8961.60

mass = n x molar mass

mass = 8961.60 x 44 = 394310.4g

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