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Title: reaction of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide? Post by: firework6 on Jan 15, 2012 For the reaction of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide
NO2 + CO ---> NO + CO2 the following mechanism has been proposed at high temperatures: (1) NO2 + NO2 --> NO3 + NO(slow) (2) NO3 + CO --> NO2 + CO2(fast) Choose from below for each species that is an intermediate in this mechanism. (you can choose more than one) 1)NO2 2)NO 3)CO 4)CO2 5)None of the above is an intermediate. any ideas? Title: reaction of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide? Post by: juliomarquez8 on Jan 15, 2012 The only intermediate is NO3 (it is present in the mechanism, but it is not a reactant or product overall). Therefore, 5 is correct.
Title: reaction of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide? Post by: Fire_Fly on Jan 16, 2012 On total reaction we can see that NO2 and CO are reactants while NO and CO2 are products. Intermediate doesn't exist as reactant nor product so the intermediate is NO3 then the answer is 5.
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