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Before the use of electric lights, miners used to use carbide lamps. A carbide lamp produces acetylene gas, a common welding gas that produces a

 Before the use of electric lights, miners used to use carbide lamps. A carbide lamp produces acetylene gas, a common welding gas that produces a bright flame. If the acetylene burns at a rate of 650 grams per hour, and miners are underground for periods of 5 hours at a time, how much calcium carbide should the miner bring with him?(5 points) The equation for a calcium carbide lamp is given below: 
CaC2(s) + 2H20(1) - C2H2(g) + Ca(OH)2(aq)

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