A student is required to prepare 80.0 mL of ethanol using a sucrose fermentation technique. How many mL of carbon dioxide can be expected to fill a balloon used as a trap in the fermentation? Conditions: 20°C and 1.0 atm, the enzymatic system works at 65% efficiency, and the solubility of CO2 in water can be obtained from the following:
mL of CO2/100mL of H2O @ 760mm Hg
0 degrees C = 171mL solubility
20degrees C = 88mL solubility
60degrees C = 36mL solubility
The sucrose solution used in the fermentation was 0.350 M. Assume solubility of CO2 in water equivalent to the solubility in the sucrose solution. Hint: some of the CO2 obtained from the fermentation dissolves in the solution, the rest goes to the balloon. Disregard water vapor pressure.