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Gas law then the pressure at an altitude concepts of Kinetic h = 1337 m = 4386.482939632546 ft theory is concepts mmHg Ph = 652.6129449983596 = 25.692341203093317 inHg = 86.98643595833397 kPa
Note that the model calculation assumes a uniform temperature, and is therefore not a realistic model of the atmosphere. The This calculation uses m temperature tends to decrease with height, so = 29 amu the model calculation will overestimate the M= kg/mol. pressure at a given height. Derivation of formula Pressure at selected heights Constituents of air HyperPhysics***** Thermodynamics
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density , but depends on the pressure as follows. . The solution for the change from the ground ( ) to height h ( ) gives
The development of the barometric formula makes use of a number of concepts from kinetic theory, such as the ideal gas law and the associated molecular constants. In the exponential, the two terms have the units of energy. The numerator mgh is gravitational potential energy and the term kT is thermal energy. HyperPhysics***** Thermodynamics
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it is necessary to take the limit as the change in height approaches zero, putting it in the form of a derivative.
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Index Gas law concepts The equation for the variation of barometric pressure with height has the form Kinetic theory concepts
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30 km (19 mi) 9.5 torr 25 torr 60 km (37 mi) 0.21 torr .8 torr 90 km (56 mi) 0.0019 torr .03 torr
These pressures are considerably below those predicted by the barometric formula, which can be used to calculate variations in barometric pressure with height near the earth. (The predicted pressures above used temperature
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300K and pressure 760 mmHg.) Though the pressure decreases rapidly, even at 200 km (124 mi) there is enough residual atmospheric pressure to gradually slow a satellite, limiting its lifetime. HyperPhysics***** Thermodynamics
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Since a mole of any ideal gas occupies the same volume, it follows that the volume percentage is also the percentage by number. The average molecular mass can then be found by weighting the masses by their volume percentages above. Atmospheric pressure Barometric formula Respiration
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