Copper metal can be recovered from an ore containing CuCO3 by the decomposition reaction:
2 CuCO3 --------> 2 Cu + 2 CO2 + O2
What mass of copper ore, in tons, is needed to produce 500.0 lb of Cu if the ore is 13.22% by mass CuCO3? Assume complete decomposition of the CuCO3.
I solved the problem to 0.4861 tons of CuCO3 needed to produce 500.0 lb Cu. I'm not sure that's correct, because when I tried to use the 13.22% by mass of the ore to calculate how much ore is needed, I got an answer different from on the answer key. Help?
2007-11-23
11:09:19
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