In a recent year, the United States produced 6.26 × 109kg1,2-dichloroethane and 3.73 × 109 kg vinyl chloride.Assuming that all significant quantities of vinyl chloridewere produced from 1,2-dichloroethane, what fraction ofthe 1,2-dichloroethane production went into making vinylchloride? What mass of hydrogen chloride was generatedas a by-product?

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In a recent year, the United States produced 6.26 × 109
kg1,2-dichloroethane and 3.73 × 109 kg vinyl chloride.
Assuming that all significant quantities of vinyl chloride
were produced from 1,2-dichloroethane, what fraction of
the 1,2-dichloroethane production went into making vinyl
chloride? What mass of hydrogen chloride was generated
as a by-product?

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