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https //session Magiton Chem 120 NCC 46658529 Spring 2015 Mastering Chemistry chapter 4 precipitation and neutralizatio chapteLARtecietaten and neutualz t Byproducts or Burning Fossil Fuels Byproducts of Burning Fossil Fuels Coal is a fossil fuel made primarily of carbon, but it also contans sulfur among other In 1986 an electrical power plant in Taylorsville, Georgia burned 8.376,726 When carbon, C. bums in air, it reacts with oxygen, or to produce carbon dioxide. CO2 Part A When sulfur S, burns in air, a reacts with oxygen O2.to produce sulfur dioxide, so: Assuming that the coal was 87196 carbon by mass and that combustio Express your answer nurnerically in tons. tons CO2 incorrect; Try Again; 3 attempts remaining Part B Assuming that the eoal was 290 sulfur by mass and that combustion was corr Express your answer numerically in tons. Bots McAnswers Gve up Review Part Incorrect; Try Again: 5 attempts remaining

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a.
C + O2 ? CO2

(8,376,726 tons) x (0.87) / (12.01078 g C/mol) x (1 mol CO2/ 1 mol C) x
(44.00964 g CO2/mol) = 26,703,622 tons CO2

b.
S + O2 ? SO2

(8,376,726 tons) x (0.0290) / (32.0655 g S/mol) x (1 mol SO2 / 1 mol S) x
(64.0644 g SO2/mol) = 485,346 tons SO2

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