The average concentration of gold in seawater is 100 fM (femtomolar). Given that the price of gold

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The average concentration of gold in seawater is 100 fM (femtomolar).

Given that the price of gold is $1764.20 per troy ounce (1 troy ounce = 31.103 g), how many liters of seawater would you need to process to collect $5000 worth of gold, assuming your processing technique captures only 50% of the gold present in the samples?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 9780321910417

13th Edition

Authors: Theodore E. Brown, H. Eugene LeMay, Bruce E. Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew E. Stoltzfus

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