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Posted by john on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:39pm.

A sample of water is analyzed and found to contain 18.6 ppb of arsenic. If a person were to drink 2.0 L of this water per day for 1.4 years, what is the maximum amount of arsenic they could accumulate in their body?

Assume that 1 year = 365 days

anwser________ grams or arsenic

chemistry - DrBob222, Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:46pm
1 ppb = 1 ug/L
18.6 ppb = 18.6 ug/L x 2.0L/day x 365 days/yr x 1.4 yrs = ? ug As/yr.

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