Commercial electrolytic cells for producing aluminum operate at 5 volts and 100,000 Amperes. How long does it take to produce 1000 kilograms of aluminum? If electricity costs 9 cents per kilowatt hour, what is the cost of producing exactly 1 pound of aluminum?
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Moles of Al = 10^6/27
Charge = 10^6/9 F
Time = 10^6*96500/(9*10^5) = 107222.22 s = 29.78 hours