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Environment & Energy

mr_lebowski

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1. Is it really that expensive to neutralize it? Don't we create like a bajillion lbs of base ...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:55 AM

Jan 2019

Per year? Various compounds that could be used to turn HCL into water and salt?

Then again ... I guess a lot of those reactions also produce ... CO2, huh?

Bummer.

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So my kid is taking a Chemical Engineering course called Unit Operations and the Professor asked... [View all] NNadir Jan 2019 OP

Is it really that expensive to neutralize it? Don't we create like a bajillion lbs of base ... mr_lebowski Jan 2019 #1

Limestone is the cheapest base, and yes, it produces CO2. eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #2

Almost all of the base we produce is so produced by electrolysis. Mercury electrodes... NNadir Feb 2019 #8

HSiCl3 is produced from silicon alloys and ... HCl, is it not ? eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #3

Yes, it is. The initial reduction of SiO2 is carbothermic, usually with anthracite coal or coke. NNadir Feb 2019 #6

Wrong answer FBaggins Jan 2019 #4

Nuclear materials, radioactive and other wise are high value added materials. NNadir Jan 2019 #5

"The solar industry, which is a trivial industry," LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! jpak Feb 2019 #7

It can be both booming and trivial FBaggins Feb 2019 #9

There's a good reason why wind contributes more than solar Finishline42 Feb 2019 #10