The bacterium nitrobacter can oxidize nitrite to nitrate as asource of energy for growth. Write a balanced chemical reaction forthe reaction of oxygen (g) with nitrite (aq) to form nitrate (aq).The heat of formation of nitrite (aq) is -104.6 kJ/mol. The freeenergy of formation for nitrate (aq) is -37.2 kJ/mol. The data fornitrate (aq) and O2 are in the back of your book. Use thisinformation to determine the heat of reaction and the free energyof reaction for the conversion of nitrite to nitrate. Thendetermine K for this reaction and ∆S for this reaction. Finallydetermine the absolute entropy of nitrite (aq) based on thisdata.
delta G for O2 = 0
delta H for O2 = 0
delta G for NO3 = -108.74
delta H for NO3 = -205
