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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Here's the conversions I'm using:
1 kilogram = 10^3 grams
1 kilogram = 2.205 lbs.
2000 pounds= 1 ton
Cu = 63.55 g/mol
CuCO3 = 123.56 g/mol
2007-11-23
11:12:57 ·
update #1
The answer on the answer key is .03677 tons.
2007-11-23
11:46:17 ·
update #2