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Material Balance – Sample Problem 1
A 10 gallon fish tank contains 2 percent salt. How much dry salt must be added to bring the
salt concentration to 3.5 percent by weight?
Tips for Solving Problems
1. Write the Given and Find statements
2. Draw a picture of the system labeling all Inputs and Outputs
for each component.
3. Assign variables to the unknowns. Use symbols to describe the
known parameters and list their values.
4. Determine whether the problem is a batch process or rate
process. Determine whether components are generated or
consumed.
5. Write the conservation of mass for each component and for
the entire system.
6. Use algebra to solve for the unknowns.
7. Check your work.
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