Air bags in automobiles inflate when sodium azide, NaN3, rapidly decomposes to its component elements:               2NaN3 (s) ->   2Na(s) + 3N2(g). How many moles of N2 are formed by the decomposition of 1.60 mol of NaN3 ?     How many grams of NaN3 are required to form 7.00 g of N2 gas?

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  1. Air bags in automobiles inflate when sodium azide, NaN3, rapidly decomposes to its component elements:

              2NaN3 (s) ->   2Na(s) + 3N2(g).

  • How many moles of N2 are formed by the decomposition of 1.60 mol of NaN3 ?

 

 

  • How many grams of NaN3 are required to form 7.00 g of N2 gas?
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