Consider 100 kg of sugar beet roots whose sugar content represents 15 percent of total mass. The

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Consider 100 kg of sugar beet roots whose sugar content represents 15 percent of total mass. The sugar is converted into ethanol through the reaction C6H12O6 → 2 C2H5OH + 2 CO2. The amount of ethanol produced is
(a) 15 kg
(b) 13 kg
(c) 9.8 kg
(d) 7.7 kg
(e) 5.5 kg
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 978-0073398174

8th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

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