German chemist Fritz Haber proposed paying off the reparations imposed against Germany after World War I by

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German chemist Fritz Haber proposed paying off the reparations imposed against Germany after World War I by extracting gold from seawater. Given that

(1) The amount of the reparations was $28.8 billion dollars,

(2) The value of gold at the time was about $21.25 per troy ounce (1 troy ounce = 31.103 g), and 

(3) Gold occurs in seawater to the extent of per ton of 4.67 x 1017 atoms per ton of (1 ton = 2000 lb), seawater how many cubic kilometers of seawater would have had to be processed to obtain the required amount of gold? Assume that the density of seawater is 1.03 g/cm3.

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General Chemistry Principles And Modern Applications

ISBN: 9780132931281

11th Edition

Authors: Ralph Petrucci, Jeffry Madura, F. Herring, Carey Bissonnette

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