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A power station burns 500 tonnes of coal. The coal contains 1.6% sulfur by mass. All of the sulfur is converted into sulfur dioxide.

S+O2→SO2\mathrm{S + O_{2} \rightarrow SO_{2}}S+O2​→SO2​

(relative atomic masses: O = 16, S = 32)

What mass of sulfur dioxide is formed?

[1]
A

4 tonnes

B

8 tonnes

C

12 tonnes

D

16 tonnes

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9.1 Fuels Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /9.1 Fuels

130 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Chemistry 9.1 Fuels, covering 9.1.1 Hydrocarbons and crude oil, 9.1.2 Fractional distillation of crude oil and its fractions, 9.1.3 The alkanes as a homologous series, 9.1.4 Complete and incomplete combustion, 9.1.5 Pollutants from burning fuels, 9.1.6 Hydrogen as a fuel and non-renewable fossil fuels, and 9.1.7 Cracking of larger alkanes. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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