Explain lithium hydroxide lioh is used in spacecrafts

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Lithium Hydroxide, LiOH, is used in spacecrafts to recondition the air by absorbing the carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts. The reaction is:

2LiOH(s) + CO2(g) -> Li2CO3(s) + H2O (l)

What volume of carbon dioxide gas at 218*C and 781 mmHg could be absorbed by 327g of lithium hydroxide?

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