Submarines utilize air scrubbers that remove carbon dioxide…
Submarines utilize air scrubbers that remove carbon dioxide from the air and provide fresh water. The submarines chief scientist is trying to determine the mass in kg of lithium hydroxide that he needs for a month-long trip. During the trip he will generate kg of carbon dioxide. The air scrubber that he found on Amazon utilizes the following balanced equation: 2 LiOH (s) + CO2 (g) ➞ Li2CO3 (s) + H2O (l)