Chapter 18, Problem 110AE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The mass of the bacteria tissue that is produced in the treatment plant for every $\text{1}\text{.0 }\times {\text{ 10}}^{\text{4}}$ kg of wastewater containing 3.0% NH₄+ ions by mass needs to be identified.

Concept Introduction :

The mass of a substance can be obtained by using the number of moles of the substance present and its molar mass. The formula used to calculate the mass of a given substance is,

  $\text{Mass of the substance = }\left(\text{number of moles}\right)\left(\text{molar mass of the substance}\right)$