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Ch.1 - Introduction: Matter, Energy, and Measurement

Chapter 1, Problem 79

In 1986 an electrical power plant in Taylorsville, Georgia, burned 8,376,726 tons of coal, a national record at that time. (a) Assuming that the coal was 83% carbon and 2.5% sulfur and that combustion was complete, calculate the number of tons of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide pro- duced by the plant during the year.

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