Ammonium sulfate, a widely used soil fertilizer, is produced commercially by the neutralization of ammonia at 90°C with a very dilute sulfuric acid at 25°C: 2NH3(g) + H2SO4(aq) → (NH4)2SO4(aq)
(a) Calculate the standard heat of reaction in kJ/mol using standard heat of formation data.
(b) Draw and label a process flowchart of the neutralization.
(c) Taking as a basis 1 mol/s of ammonium sulfate produced at 25°C, perform the material balance calculations.
(d) State the assumptions made and simplify the energy balance equation for this reaction.
(e) Taking the feed and product species at 2
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