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2CH3COONH4 💧⚡→ 2HNO2 + C + 3CH4

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate without water as reactant

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate yields nitrous acid, carbon, and methane (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an oxidation-reduction reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate without water as reactant

General equation

Electrolysis of aqueous solution without water as reactant
Miscible with water/Very soluble in water/Soluble in waterSelf redox agent
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ProductOxidation product + ProductReduction product

Oxidation state of each atom

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate without water as reactant

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
CH3COONH4Ammonium acetate2
Self redox agent
Very soluble in water

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
HNO2Nitrous acid2
Oxidized
CCarbon1
Reduced
CH4Methane3
Reduced

Thermodynamic changes

Changes in standard condition (1)

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate without water as reactant
ΔrG643.9 kJ/mol
K0.16 × 10−112
pK112.81
2CH3COONH4Ionized aqueous solution
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2HNO2Un-ionized aqueous solution + CCrystalline solidgraphite + 3CH4Gas
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
774.2643.9435.7
per 1 mol of
387.1321.9217.8
per 1 mol of
387.1321.9217.8
per 1 mol of
774.2643.9435.7
per 1 mol of
258.1214.6145.2

Changes in standard condition (2)

Electrolysis of aqueous ammonium acetate without water as reactant
ΔrG693.0 kJ/mol
K0.39 × 10−121
pK121.41
2CH3COONH4Ionized aqueous solution
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2HNO2Un-ionized aqueous solution + CCrystalline solidgraphite + 3CH4Un-ionized aqueous solution
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
731.5693.0128.0
per 1 mol of
365.8346.564.00
per 1 mol of
365.8346.564.00
per 1 mol of
731.5693.0128.0
per 1 mol of
243.8231.042.67

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
CH3COONH4 (cr)-616.14[1]
CH3COONH4 (ai)-618.52[1]-448.61[1]200.0[1]73.6[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (ai):Ionized aqueous solution

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
HNO2 (g)
cis
-77.99[1]-42.94[1]248.76[1]44.77[1]
HNO2 (g)
trans
-80.12[1]-45.24[1]249.22[1]46.07[1]
HNO2 (g)-79.5[1]-46.0[1]254.1[1]45.6[1]
HNO2 (ao)-119.2[1]-50.6[1]135.6[1]
C (cr)
graphite
0[1]0[1]5.740[1]8.527[1]
C (cr)
diamond
1.895[1]2.900[1]2.377[1]6.113[1]
C (g)716.682[1]671.257[1]158.096[1]20.838[1]
CH4 (g)-74.81[1]-50.72[1]186.264[1]35.309[1]
CH4 (ao)-89.04[1]-34.33[1]83.7[1]
* (g):Gas, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution, (cr):Crystalline solid

References

List of references

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