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The carbon dioxide that is exhaled by astronauts who are on a space shuttle is scrubbed by pumping the air through canisters of lithium hydroxide, LiOH. The chemical equation for this reaction is:

2LiOH + CO2 --> Li2CO3 + H2O

What mass of carbon dioxide can 1.00 kg of lithium hydroxide absorb?

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Number of Atoms Molar Mass Total Mass
2Li 2(6.9 g/mol) 13.8 g/mol
2O 2(16.0 g/mol 32.0 ...

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