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Chapter 4 Problem 4.111

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Limestone (CaCO3) is used to remove acidic pollutants from smokestack flue gases. It is heated to form lime (CaO), which reacts with sulfur dioxide to form calcium sulfite. Assuming a 70.% yield in the overall reaction, what mass of limestone is required to remove all the sulfur dioxide formed by the combustion of 8.5 10 4 kg of coal that is 0.33 mass % sulfur?

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Title Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 5 
Author Martin S. Silberberg
ISBN 9780077216504

Limestone (CaCO3) is used to remove acidic pollutants from

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