The three astronauts aboard Apollo 13, which was launched

Chapter 4, Problem 95

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The three astronauts aboard Apollo 13, which was launched in 1970 on April 11 and returned to Earth on April 17, were kept alive during their mission, in part, because of lithium hydroxide (LiOH) canisters that were designed to remove exhaled CO2 from the air. Solid lithium hydroxide reacts with CO2(g) to give solid Li2CO3 and water. With the assumption that an astronaut exhales approximately 1.00 kg CO2 per day, what mass of LiOH was required to remove all of the CO2 exhaled by the three-member crew on their six-day mission?

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