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How much heat is released when 24.8 g of ch4 is burned in excess oxygen gas?

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The given question is incomplete. The complete question is:

How much heat is produced when 24.8 g of [tex]CH_4[/tex] is burned in excess oxygen gas

Given: [tex]CH _4 +2O_2\rightarrow CO_2+2H_2O[/tex]  ΔH= −802 kJ.

Answer: 1243.1 kJ

Explanation:

Heat of combustion is the amount of heat released on complete combustion of 1 mole of substance.

Given :

Amount of heat released on combustion of  1 mole of methane = 802 kJ kJ/mol

According to avogadro's law, 1 mole of every substance occupies 22.4 L at NTP, weighs equal to the molecular mass and contains avogadro's number [tex]6.023\times 10^{23}[/tex] of particles.

1 mole of [tex]CH_4[/tex] weighs = 16 g  

Thus we can say:  

16 g of [tex]CH_4[/tex] on combustion releases heat = 802 kJ

Thus 24.8 g of [tex]CH_4[/tex] on combustion releases =[tex]\frac{802}{16}\times 24.8=1243.1kJ[/tex]

Thus heat released when 24.8 g of methane is burned in excess oxygen gas is 1243.1 kJ