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Chapter 18 Problem 18.175

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A site in Pennsylvania receives a total annual deposition of 2.688 g/m2 of sulfate from fertilizer and acid rain. The ratio by mass of ammonium sulfate/ammonium bisulfate/sulfuric acid is 3.0/5.5/1.0. (a) How much acid, expressed as kg of sulfuric acid, is deposited over an area of 10. km2 ? (b) How many pounds of CaCO3 are needed to neutralize this acid? (c) If 10. km2 is the area of an unpolluted lake 3 m deep and there is no loss of acid, what pH would be attained in the year? (Assume constant volume.)

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

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