Potassium superoxide absorbs carbon dioxide as 4KO2 + 2CO2 -> 2K2CO3 + 3O2. The number of moles of O2 released per mole of CO2 absorbed is:

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Potassium superoxide absorbs carbon dioxide as $4 KO X_{2} + 2 CO X_{2} 2 K X_{2} CO X_{3} + 3 O X_{2}$ . The number of moles of $O X_{2}$ released per mole of $CO X_{2}$ absorbed is:

From the balanced equation 2 mol

CO X_{2}

give 3 mol

O X_{2}

. Per mole of

CO X_{2}

this is

3/2 = 1.5

mol of

O X_{2}