Consider a planet with atmosphere that is completely at rest with no mixing. At the surface the partial pressures of oxygen and nitrogen are 20 and 80% of the total, respectively. Assume that the atmosphere has a temperature of 300 K and the mass and mass density of the planet are the same as the Earth’s. Determine the altitude at which the partial pressures of oxygen and nitrogen are 10% and 90%, respectively. Answer per book solution is 51.8 km

Consider a planet with atmosphere that is completely at rest with no mixing. At the surface the partial pressures of oxygen and nitrogen are 20 and 80% of the total, respectively. Assume that the atmosphere has a temperature of 300 K and the mass and mass density of the planet are the same as the Earth’s. Determine the altitude at which the partial pressures of oxygen and nitrogen are 10% and 90%, respectively. Answer per book solution is 51.8 km

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