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1. One can view the blast furnace from a simple viewpoint as a process in which the principal reaction
is
Fe2O3 + 3C = 2Fe + 3CO
but some other undesired side reactions occurs, mainly
Fe2O3 + C = 2FeO + CO
After mixing 600 lb of carbon(coke) with 1 ton of pure iron oxide, Fe2O3, the process produces 1200
lb of pure iron, 183 lb of FeO, and 85 lb of Fe2O3. Calculate the following items:
(a) The pounds of carbon used up and the pounds of CO produced per ton of Fe2O3 charged.

2. Sulfuric acid can be manufactured by the contact process according to the following reactions:
(1) S + O2 = SO2
(2) 2SO2 + O2 = 2SO3
(3) SO3 + H2O = H2SO4
You are asked as part of the preliminary design of a sulfuric acid plant with a design capacity of 2000
tons/day of 66 Be(Baume)(93.2% H2SO4 by weight) to calculate the following:
(a) How many tons of pure sulfur are required per day to run this plant?
(b) How many of oxygen are required per day?
(c) How many tons of water are required per day for reaction(3) ?

3. A lime stone analysis

CaCO3
92.89%
MgCO3 5.41%
Insoluble
1.70%
(a) How many pounds of calcium oxide can be made from 5 tons of this lime stone?
(b) How many pounds of CO2 can be recovered per pounds of limestone?
(c) How many pounds of limestone are needed make 1tone of lime?

4. Antimony is obtained by heating pulverized stibnite(Sb2S3) with scrap iron and drawing off the
molten antimony from the bottom of the reaction vessel.
Sb2S3 + 3Fe = 2Sb + 3FeS
Suppose that 0.6 kg of stibnite and 0.25 kg of iron turnings are heated together to give 0.2 kg of Sb
metal. Fe, Sb2S3 Fe Sb2S3 Fraction(/)
?