Solid calcium fluoride (CaF2) reacts with sulfuric acid to form solid calcium sulfate and gaseous hydrogen fluoride (HF). The HF is then dissolved in water to form hydrofluoric acid. A source of calcium fluoride is fluorite ore containing 96.0 wt% CaF2 and 4 .OS? SiO2.
In a typical hydrofluoric acid manufacturing process, fluorite ore is reacted with 93 wtS? aqueous sulfuric acid, supplied 15% in excess of the stoichiometric amount. Ninety-five percent of the ore dissolves in the acid. Some of the HF formed reacts with the dissolved silica in the reaction
6HF + SiO2(aq) -» H2SiF6(s) + 2H2O(1)
The hydrogen fluoride exiting from the reactor is subsequently dissolved in enough water to produce 60.0 wtS? hydrofluoric acid. Calculate the quantity of fluorite ore needed to produce a metric ton of aqueous hydrofluoric acid. Note: Some of the given data are not needed to solve the problem.
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