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Ede4ka
2 months ago
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One type of breathalyzer employs a fuel cell to measure the quantity of alcohol in the breath. When a suspect blows into the bre

athalyzer, ethyl alcohol is oxidized to acetic acid at the anode:
CH3CH2OH(g)+4OH−(aq)→HC2H3O2(g)+3H2O(l)+4e−

At the cathode, oxygen is reduced:
O2(g)+2H2O(l)+4e−→4OH−(aq)

The overall reaction is the oxidation of ethyl alcohol to acetic acid and water. When a suspected drunk driver blows 186 mL of his breath through this breathalyzer, the breathalyzer produces an average of 320 mA of current for 10 s.

Required:
Assuming a pressure of 1.0 atm and a temperature of 26C, what percent (by volume) of the driver's breath is ethanol?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Alekssandra [3K]2 months ago
3 0

Response:The ethanol percentage is 0.1093%

Explanation:

As given:

t = time = 10 s

I = current = 320 mA

F = Faraday's constant = 96485.3365 C mol⁻¹

n = number of electrons transferred = 4

Molecular weight of ethanol is 46 g/mol

Question: What is the percent (by volume) of ethanol in the driver's breath, %E =?

First, calculate the ethanol mass:

W=\frac{\frac{46}{4} *0.32*10}{96485.3365} =3.814x10^{-4} g

The moles of ethanol:

n_{ethanol} =3.814x10^{-4} g*\frac{1mol}{46} =8.291x10^{-6} moles

Applying the ideal gas law formula:

V=\frac{nRT}{P}

Here:

T = 26°C = 299 K

P = 1 atm

Substituting in the values:

V=\frac{8.291x10^{-6}*0.082*299 }{1} =2.033x10^{-4} L=0.2033mL

The percentage of ethanol:

E=\frac{0.2033}{186} *100=0.1093%

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