Sulfuric acid is probably the most important industrial chemical because it is used in so many...

 

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Sulfuric acid is probably the most important industrial chemical because it is used in so many industrial processes to produce or purify other chemicals. It can be produced by a three step process. First, sulfur is burned in air to give sulfur dioxide. Second, the sulfur dioxide is converted to sulfur trioxide by passing the sulfur dioxide over a catalyst in the presence of oxygen at a high temperature. Third, the sulfur trioxide is reacted with water to form sulfuric acid. What mass of sulfuric acid would be formed from 1.00x10 kg of sulfur, if the three steps gave yields as listed below? S+ 02 + SO2,92.5% 2502 + O2 → 2503, 72.6% SO3 + H20 → H2SO4, 98.2% Sulfuric acid is probably the most important industrial chemical because it is used in so many industrial processes to produce or purify other chemicals. It can be produced by a three step process. First, sulfur is burned in air to give sulfur dioxide. Second, the sulfur dioxide is converted to sulfur trioxide by passing the sulfur dioxide over a catalyst in the presence of oxygen at a high temperature. Third, the sulfur trioxide is reacted with water to form sulfuric acid. What mass of sulfuric acid would be formed from 1.00x10 kg of sulfur, if the three steps gave yields as listed below? S+ 02 + SO2,92.5% 2502 + O2 → 2503, 72.6% SO3 + H20 → H2SO4, 98.2%