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Calculation to work out the amount of CO2 produced by cats and non cats.
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Calculation to work out the amount of CO2 produced by cats and non cats Pollutants given out to the atmosphere Converter HC's ppm CO % Yes 162.3 1.695 No 111 0. 52 With the above data and the following chemical equations it is possible to calculate the amount of Carbon Dioxide (CO2 ) given out by cars: 2CO + O2 2CO2 (Two moles Carbon monoxide and one of Oxygen react to produce two moles of Carbon Dioxide - i.e. in a ratio of 1:1) 2C8H18 + 25O2 16CO2 + 18H2O (Two moles of Octane (petrol) and twenty five of oxygen react to produce sixteen moles of Carbon Dioxide and eighteen moles of water, i.e. eight times as much) The second reaction (with HC's) occurs in both, the engines cylinders and in the catalytic converter. Bearing in mind, that the amount of CO coming out of a non cat pipe must be the same in significance as the amount of CO going into the catalytic converter, the...
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