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During a certain time period, 4.0 million tons of SO2 was released into the atmosphere and was subsequently oxidized to SO3. As explained in the FYI, the acid rain produced when the SO3 dissolves in water can damage marble statues:
- (a) How many 500 pound marble statues could be damaged by the acid rain? (Assume that the statues are pure CaCO3 and that a statue is damaged when 3.0% of its mass is dissolved.)
- (b) How many liters of CO2 gas at 20 °C and 735 mm Hg is produced as a byproduct?
- (c) The cation in aqueous H2SO4 is trigonal pyramidal rather than trigonal planar. Explain.
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