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Galena (an ore) is parrtially oxidized by passing air through it at high temperature. After some time, the passage of air is stopped, but the heating is continued in a closed furnace such that the contents undergo self-reduction. The weight (in kg) of Pb produced per kg of $O_{2}$ consumed is

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The given reaction will be
$2 P b S + 3 O_{2} \to 2 P b O + 2 S O_{2} 2 P b O + P b S \to 3 P b + S O_{2} - ------------------------------- - 3 P b S + 3 O_{2} \to 3 P b + 3 S O_{2}$
So, 3 mol of $O_{2}$ gives 3 mol of $P b$
Thus in other words 96 kg of $O_{2}$ gives 621 kg of $P b$ .
So, 1 kg of $O_{2}$ will give $\frac{621}{96} = 6.47 k g$

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