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Chemistry question.....help please

Cork Lass · 2018-10-07 19:05:59

Hi Can anyone help with this question please? What mass of carbon dioxide will be produced by combustion of 4536kg of coal (carbon). Thanks in advance :)

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07-10-2018 8:05pm

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Cork Lass

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Hi

Can anyone help with this question please?

What mass of carbon dioxide will be produced by combustion of 4536kg of coal (carbon).

Thanks in advance

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Assume the coal is completed Carbon then it's C + O2 -> CO2
So (wt of coal/12) × 44 (molar wt of CO2).....

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Cork Lass

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bduffy wrote: »

Assume the coal is completed Carbon then it's C + O2 -> CO2
So (wt of coal/12) × 44 (molar wt of CO2).....

Thanks for that 😀

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