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3. Iam planning on building a space station, roughly the size of a small moon, but totally different than the Death Star. One idea is to refine the metal for this totally new structure in space, in order to make best use of a secret, high-powered energy source that totally has the power to destroy an entire system! The plan would be to bring raw Iron Ore to the space station, refine it into Steel, and use it to build this awesome new space station. Iron Ore (usually magnetite) is 72.4 mass percent iron. Assume that the Steel produced is a mixture of Iron and Chromium, with 18 mass% of the mixture being Chromium. The amount of Steel required for the space station is 1.5 X 1013 kg, and the boss, who is a realty powerful dude that is nothing like Emperor Palpatine, is applying a lot of pressure to have this completely original space station constructed in 1 year a. What must the input flowrate of Chromium be to meet the construction schedule of this awesome new weapon with no obvious weaknesses, unlike *other* space stations? b. The 'other stuff that is in the Iron Ore is Oxygen (molecular oxygen, not diatomic Oxygen gas). How much molecular axygen will be released by this process, on a molar basis(i.e, moles per day)?