Eralyn Mae A.

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CHE191-1 Homework

Given:

Table 1. Given Values

component %wet C H O N S Ash %Total

basis
food wastes 0.11 48 6.4 37.6 2.6 0.4 5 100
Paper 0.24 43.5 6 44 0.3 0.2 6 100
cardboard 0.08 43.5 6 44 0.3 0.2 6 100
Plastics 0.09 60 7.2 22.8 0 0 10 100
Textile 0.03 55 6.6 31.2 4.6 0.45 2.5 100.35
Rubber 0.05 78 10 0 2 0 10 100
Leather 0.01 78 10 0 2 0 10 100
garden trimmings 0.14 47.8 6 38 3.4 0.3 4.5 100
Wood 0.07 49.5 6 42.7 0.2 0.1 1.5 100
Glass 0.05 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0 98.9 100
Metals 0.13 4.5 0.6 4.3 0.1 0 90.5 100

Solution:

Table 2. Calculated Answers

C H O N S Ash
food wastes 5.28 0.704 4.136 0.286 0.044 0.55
paper 10.44 1.44 10.56 0.072 0.048 1.44
cardboard 3.48 0.48 3.52 0.024 0.016 0.48
plastics 5.4 0.648 2.052 0 0 0.9
textile 1.65 0.198 0.936 0.138 0.0135 0.075
rubber 3.9 0.5 0 0.1 0 0.5
leather 0.78 0.1 0 0.02 0 0.1
garden trimmings 6.692 0.84 5.32 0.476 0.042 0.63
wood 3.465 0.42 2.989 0.014 0.007 0.105
glass 0.025 0.005 0.02 0.005 0 4.945
metals 0.585 0.078 0.559 0.013 0 11.765
Total 41.697 5.413 30.092 1.148 0.1705 21.49

Table 3. Finding the Empirical Formula

C H O N S
 Atomic 3.471857 5.37004 1.88075 0.081941 0.005316
Weight
%
653.0349 1010.071 353.7575 15.41269 1
654 1011 354 16 1

ANSWER: C654H1011O354N16S

Sample Calculations

Basis: 100 g of residential waste

From Table 1:

At Food Wastes,

Carbon: 0.11 x 48 = 5.28

Hydrogen: 0.11 x 6.4 = 0.704

Oxygen: 0.11 x 37.6 = 4.136

Nitrogen: 0.11 x 2.6 = 0.286

Sulfur: 0.11 x 0.4 = 0.044

Ash = 0.11 x 5 = 0.55

% Total: 48+6.4+37.6+2.6+0.4+5 = 100

From Table 2:

At Carbon,

Total: 5.28+10.44+3.48+5.4+1.65+3.9+0.78+6.692+3.465+0.025+0.585 = 41.697

From Table 3:

At Carbon,

Atomic Weight %: 41.697 / 12.01 = 3.471856

Atomic Weight % divided by the smallest value of the atomic weight % = 3.471856 / 0.005316 =
653. 0957 or 654