In an Effort to Address Concerns About Global Warming, a Power

question 25

Essay

In an effort to address concerns about global warming, a power plant in Portland,Oregon is designed to take all of its exhaust gases from its boilers and recycle the CO₂ using the Solvay process to make sodium hydrogen carbonate.The reaction is shown below.
NH₃(g)+ H₂O(l)+ CO₂(g)+ NaCl(aq) $\rarr$ NaHCO₃(aq)+ NH₄Cl(aq)
How many liters each of NH₃ and CO₂ (both at STP)would be consumed to produce 3.00 kg of sodium bicarbonate?

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