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What kind of toxic wastes are produced by nuclear energy?

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Nuclear energy produces wastes in the form of spent nuclear fuels, this is normally a mixture of radioactive isotopes and heavy metals, both of which are toxic and pose a great danger to the environment. Additionally, irradiated materials surrounding the reactor which become radioactive from exposure to the radiation produced by the reactor and which should be disposed off at the end of the life of the reactor and processes involved. Also the breeder reactors convert unusable radioactive isotopes into fissionable isotopes, thus allowing more of the fuel to be used and reducing amount of fuel rod waste.

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The useful metal manganese can be extracted from the mineral rhodochrosite by a two-step process.... In the first step, manganes

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Answer : The mass of $MnCO_3$ required are, 35 kg

Explanation :

First we have to calculate the mass of $MnO_2$ .

The first step balanced chemical reaction is:

$2MnCO_3+O_2\rightarrow 2MnO_2+2CO_2$

Molar mass of $MnCO_3$ = 115 g/mole

Molar mass of $MnO_2$ = 87 g/mole

Let the mass of $MnCO_3$ be, 'x' grams.

From the balanced reaction, we conclude that

As, $(2\times 115)g$ of $MnCO_3$ react to give $(2\times 87)g$ of $MnO_2$

So, $xg$ of $MnCO_3$ react to give $\frac{(2\times 87)g}{(2\times 115)g}\times x=0.757xg$ of $MnO_2$

And as we are given that the yield produced from the first step is, 65 % that means,

$60\% \text{ of }0.757xg=\frac{60}{100}\times 0.757x=0.4542xg$

The mass of $MnO_2$ obtained = 0.4542x g

Now we have to calculate the mass of $Mn$ .

The second step balanced chemical reaction is:

$3MnO_2+4Al\rightarrow 3Mn+2Al_2O_3$

Molar mass of $MnO_2$ = 87 g/mole

Molar mass of $Mn$ = 55 g/mole

From the balanced reaction, we conclude that

As, $(3\times 87)g$ of $MnO_2$ react to give $(3\times 55)g$ of $Mn$

So, $0.4542xg$ of $MnO_2$ react to give $\frac{(3\times 55)g}{(3\times 87)g}\times 0.4542x=0.287xg$ of $Mn$

And as we are given that the yield produced from the second step is, 80 % that means,

$80\% \text{ of }0.287xg=\frac{80}{100}\times 0.287x=0.2296xg$

The mass of $Mn$ obtained = 0.2296x g

The given mass of Mn = 8.0 kg = 8000 g (1 kg = 1000 g)

So, 0.2296x = 8000

x = 34843.20 g = 34.84 kg = 35 kg

Therefore, the mass of $MnCO_3$ required are, 35 kg

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It is found that a gas undergoes a first-order decomposition reaction. If the rate constant for this reaction is 8.1 x 10-2 /min

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Answer:

28.43 min

Explanation:

Using integrated rate law for first order kinetics as:

$[A_t]=[A_0]e^{-kt}$

Where,

$[A_t]$ is the concentration at time t

$[A_0]$ is the initial concentration

Given that:

The rate constant, k = $8.1\times 10^{-2}$ min⁻¹

Initial concentration $[A_0]$ = 0.1 M

Final concentration $[A_t]$ = $1.0\times 10^{-2}$ M

Time = ?

Applying in the above equation, we get that:-

$1.0\times 10^{-2}=0.1e^{-8.1\times 10^{-2}\times t}$

$0.1e^{-8.1\times \:10^{-2}t}=10^{-2}$

$e^{-8.1\times \:10^{-2}t}=\frac{1}{10}$

$\ln \left(e^{-8.1\times \:10^{-2}t}\right)=\ln \left(\frac{1}{10}\right)$

$t=28.43\ min$

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