Gastric juice contains 3.0g of HCl per litre. If a person produces 2.44 litre of gastric juice per day. How many antacid tablets each containing 400 mg of Al(OH)3 are needed to neutralize all the HCl produced in one day ?
13
geq of HCl = 336.5 2.44≈0.2 = geq of Al(OH)3
Weight of Al(OH)3 = 0.2 × 783 = 5.2g = 5200mg
No. of tablets =5200400 = 13