WinterBorn
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- #101
No, it will release considerably more.
The molar mass of O2 is 32 grams/per mole.
The molar mass of C is 12 grams per mole.
So burning 14,000 tons of pure carbon will produce (32+12)/12 *14,000 or 51,333 tons of CO2
I think you need to rework this.
A ton is a set unit of weight. You are claiming that starting with a certain weight of coal, by burning it you create enough gas to weigh over 3 times what the coal did?
That's right, because CO2 also contains Oxygen. Over 2/3s of the weight of CO2 is from the Oxygen.
I understand that. But I am questioning the unit of measure.
Suppose all this was done in a vacuum. We burn 14,000 tons of coal. You say we will then have over 51,000 tons of CO2? So by burning it we INCREASE the weight by 3.6x?