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3. When 5.000 kg of malachite ore containing 4.30% of malachite, Cu 2(OH)2CO3, is heated, the product
is copper (II) oxide:
Cu2(OH)2CO3 CO2 + CuO + H2O
a. What is the balanced equation?
Cu(OH)2CO3 CO2 + 2 CuO + H2O
b. If the reaction has an 84.0% yield, how many grams of CuO are produced?
1.30 x 102 g
c. If the decomposition reaction has an 87.0% yield, what mass of ore containing 3.70%
malachite is required to produce 100.0g of CuO?
4.32 x 103 g
4. A mine produces a silver ore named argentite, Ag2S. The ore is smelted according to the overall
reaction
Ag2S + C + O2 Ag + CO2 + SO2
a. What is the balanced equation?
Ag2S + C + 2 O2 2 Ag + CO2 + SO2
b. A 250.0 kg load of argentite ore contains 0.135% pure Ag2S. What mass of silver metal can
be produced from the load of core?
294 g
c. A 76.4 g test sample of ore from a new ore vein produces 0.261g of pure silver. What is the
percentage of pure argentite in the ore?
0.392%
d. A sample of pure Ag2S has a mass of 152.6 g. When smelted, the sample produces 117.4 g of
pure Ag. What is the percentage yield of the smelting process?
88.38%
e. What mass of ore containing 0.795 % Ag2S is required to produce a 50.0 kg ingot of silver
metal?
7.22 x 106 g
f. If 89.2% of the Ag2S present is extracted from 3.50x104 kg of ore containing 1.86% Ag2S,
what mass of silver metal can be produced?
5.05 x 105 g