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Below are the reduction half reactions for chemolithoautotrophic denitrification, where hydrogen is a source of electrons...

Below are the reduction half reactions for chemolithoautotrophic denitrification, where hydrogen is a source of electrons and energy and nitrate is the terminal electron acceptor.

NO3- + 10e- -> N2 (E0 = +0.74 V)

H+ + 2e- -> H2 (E0 = -0.42 V)

If you balance and combine the reactions so that 155 molecules of H2 gas are oxidized to H+, how many molecules of NO3- will be reduced to dinitrogen gas?

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The combined reaction is

5 H2 + 2 NO3- 10 H+ + N2

molecules of H2 oxidized = 155

molecules of NO3- reduced = (2/5) * (molecules of H2 oxidized)

molecules of NO3- reduced = (2/5) * (155 molecules)

molecules of NO3- reduced = 62 molecules

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