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Pig iron () with carbon is converted to wrought iron containing carbon, taken here to mean that of the original mass is removed as carbon, all by from the haematite lining (C = 12, Fe = 56, O = 16). The mass of consumed, to the nearest gram, is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Answer: B

Carbon removed is , i.e. . The equation uses C per mol of , so consumed is . Its mass is .
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