Space shuttle removing carbon dioxide

In the space shuttle, exhaled carbon dioxide gas is removed from the air by passing it through canisters of lithium hydroxide. The following reaction takes place. [Pg.418]

PROBLEM 3.12 After lithium hydroxide is produced aboard the space shuttle by reaction of Li20 with H20 (Problem 3.11), it is used to remove exhaled carbon dioxide from the air supply according to the equation... [Pg.91]

HN03(aq) + MgO(s) —Mg(N03)2(aq) + H20(p Non-metal oxides are acidic. Therefore, a non-metal oxide will react with a base. This type of reaction is used in the space shuttle. Cabin air is circulated through canisters of lithium hydroxide (a base) to remove the carbon dioxide before it can reach dangerous levels. [Pg.341]

When astronauts travel in a space shuttle (Figure 12.17), carbon dioxide must be removed from the air they breathe. One method is to bubble the air in the shuttle though a solution of lithium hydroxide. The lithium hydroxide converts any carbon dioxide into lithium carbonate. [Pg.509]

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