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9.3 Exercise 22

Avg difficulty 2.5

Lime, CaO, is produced by heating calcium carbonate, CaCO₃; carbon dioxide is the other product.

(a) Outline the steps necessary to answer the following question: What volume of carbon dioxide at 875 K and 0.966 atm is produced by the decomposition of 1 ton (1.000 $\times$ 10³ kg) of calcium carbonate?

(b) Answer the question.

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 9.3 Stoichiometry of Gaseous Substances, Mixtures, and Reactions, exercise 22

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