1. A wastewater sample has the following composition: NO3 = 37 mg/L as N CO3²=2.5 x 10 mol/L PO4³-= 10 meq/L Ca²+ = 75 mg/L as CaCO3(s) Express each of the above concentrations in mg/L, mol/L, meq (of charge)/L, and ppm. Make and list any necessary assumptions. Show your work and summarize the results in a table.

1. A wastewater sample has the following composition: NO3 = 37 mg/L as N CO3²=2.5 x 10 mol/L PO4³-= 10 meq/L Ca²+ = 75 mg/L as CaCO3(s) Express each of the above concentrations in mg/L, mol/L, meq (of charge)/L, and ppm. Make and list any necessary assumptions. Show your work and summarize the results in a table.

Introductory Chemistry For Today

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Chapter7: Solutions And Colloids

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Problem 7.34E

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