Chemistry · Challenge

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Carbon cyclesRunning
Ecosystem web. Oxygen supply at 0.48 mol. Carbon the oxygen can burn 5.76 g, Carbon fed 28.8 g. Currently carbon the oxygen can burn is short by 23.04 g.TUNING
t = 0.0s

Carbon the oxygen can burn

5.76g

Carbon fed

28.8g

Carbon the oxygen can burn is short by 23.04 g

0.48 mol

Ecosystem web. Oxygen supply at 0.48 mol. Carbon the oxygen can burn 5.76 g, Carbon fed 28.8 g. Currently carbon the oxygen can burn is short by 23.04 g.

What has to balanceC+O2→CO2C + O_2 \rightarrow CO_2

What is happening

You take control of a biochar kiln being tuned so it burns clean.

The kiln smokes instead of burning fully. It feeds in 28.8 g of carbon per cycle — carbon is 12 g per mole — and the oxygen supply is set wrong.