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To: xjcsa

The carbon comes from the coal and the oxygen from the air to make the carbon dioxide. As two of the three atoms to make the carbon dioxide are from the air and not the coal, it’s perfectly reasonable that more carbon dioxide would be released than the weight of the coal.


13 posted on 11/27/2007 7:09:03 PM PST by Our man in washington
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To: Our man in washington

Oh...yep...and Oxygen has a higher atomic weight. I think I had my brain switched off there. Thanks...


15 posted on 11/27/2007 7:32:08 PM PST by xjcsa (Defenseless enemies are fun.)
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To: xjcsa; Our man in washington

I second Our man in washington’s answer.

It’s Stoichiometry 101.


22 posted on 11/27/2007 11:46:12 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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