Burning coal and oil in a power plant produces pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, SO2. The sulfur-containing compound can be removed from other waste gases, however, by the following reaction:
2 502(g) + 2 CaCO3(s) + O2(g) → 2 Caso (s) + 2 CO2(g)
[Molar masses: 64.07
100.1 32.00 136.2 44.01)
a) Name the compounds involved in the reaction.
b.)what mass of CaCO3 is required to remove 155 g of SO2
c.) what mass of CaSO4 is formed when 155 g SO2 is consumed completely