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When writing your solutions, add occasional phrases or sentences to describe your thought process. This will help me to assign partial credit. Acrylonitrile is produced by reading propylene, ammonia, and oxygen in the following reaction, with water as a byproduct: __ C_3 H_6 + __ NH_3 + 3/2 O_2 rightarrow __ C_3 H_3 N + 3 H_2 O The feed to a reactor contains 9% C_3 H_6, 13% NH_3, and the balance air (79/21 N_2/O_2). by moles. Assume a basis of 100 moles/h. a) Balance the reaction by filling in the blanks in the reaction above. b) Which reactant is limiting? c) If the fractional conversion of the limiting reactant is 40%, calculate the production rate of acetonitrile and the rate of O_2 leaving the reactor. d) Why is it a good idea to operate the process with the reaction limited by the reactant determined in part b? e) How might you increase conversion?

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a.CH3H6+NH3+1.5O2 GIVES C3H3N+3H2O

b. The limiting reactant in the above reaction is ammonia

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