Chemistry: Atoms First
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ISBN: 9781259638138
Author: Julia Burdge, Jason Overby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 8.35QP
For many years, the extraction of gold from other materials involved the use of potassium cyanide.
What is the minimum mass of KCN needed to extract 29.0 g (about an ounce) of gold?
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