CHEMICAL PROCESSES 243

sulfur is oxidized to SO3 and 95% to SO2. The air is dry. Calculate the
composition (in %m) of the gas leaving the burner.
Solution
Basis: 1 hr

(500 Ib S) - '5- 62 mole S

feS)
/ir
(15.62
/.r, i CTN
mole S)
/I mole O2 theoretically required\
( mole S )
1.2 mole O2 supplied
18.75 mole O2 supplied
^mole O2 theoretically required/
mole N2 supplied\
(18.75 mole O2 supplied) (79 = mole N
\21 mole O2 supplied/
1

'

3.05 mole SO3 formed\ =

(15.62 mole 0.781 mole S03 formed
S)

- 0.781 mole
mole
S

15.62 mole /
in SO3 = 14.84 mole SO2
S

mole O2 consumed\
(14.84 mole SO2)
mole SO2
= 14.84 mole O2 consumed for

!
.5 mole O2 consumed\
(0.781 mole SO3)
mole SO
3

= 1.171 mole 02 consumed for SO3

14.48 + 1.171 = 16.01 mole O2 consumed for combustion
S

18.75 mole O2 supplied — 16.01 mole O2 consumed

= 2.74 mole O2 unconsumed

Compound Mole Composition in mole %

SO 14 84 16.70
2

SO3 0.781 0.88

O2 74 08
3
2

N,. 70 60 79.40
88.96 100.06

Analysis Combustion Gases. Gases from the combustion of sulfur

of

sulfide ores are analyzed by the Orsat method. A sample collected

is

or
over mercury, a drop of water being placed on the mercury to ensure
saturation of the gas sample with water vapor. (If the sample were only
partly saturated with water vapor, the conclusion that the Orsat analysis
on dry basis would not hold.) The water effectively removes SO3.
is

The Orsat analysis of the gas formed in Example 6-10 would be calcu
lated as follows: