Before the development of reliable batteries,miners' lamps burned acetylene produced by the reaction of calcium carbide with water.A typical lamp uses 0.75 L of acetylene per hour at 1.00 atm pressure and 20 C.How many grams of calcium carbide and how many grams of water must be in the lamp for a 4-hour shift?
CaC2(s)+ H2O(
) C2H2(g)+ CaO(s)
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