I would like to think of the following equation:
$$\ce{aA(g) + bB(g) -> cC(g)}$$
where $a + b < c$ and $\ce{A},$ $\ce{B}$ and $\ce{C}$ are different gases.
Is there such chemical reaction?
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Sign up to join this communityI would like to think of the following equation:
$$\ce{aA(g) + bB(g) -> cC(g)}$$
where $a + b < c$ and $\ce{A},$ $\ce{B}$ and $\ce{C}$ are different gases.
Is there such chemical reaction?
Decomposition of ozone:
$\ce{O3 + O3 -> 3 O2}$
Technically, not 3 different gases, but the introduction of isotopes may be judged as in compliant (and yes, contrived).
This is a fun question. The essence of what makes it challenging is that you're doing a synthesis -- combining two different species into one -- yet ending up with more particles, not (as is typical) less. This limits the number of possible reactions significantly. Here, however, is one that meets the conditions:
Octasulfur ($\ce {S_8}$) boils at 444.6 $^\circ \text{C}$ at standard pressure. So, above that temperature, one could have:
$$\ce{ S_{8(g)} + 4O_{2(g)}-> 8SO_{(g)}},$$
where $1+4 < 8$.
Of course, if octasulfur were combusted with oxygen, it's likely that many other species of sulfur oxides (i.e., compounds of the form $\ce {S_xO_y}$) would be produced as well.