Chapter 8, Problem 8.104CP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The amount of ${\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ exhaled by an average resting adult in $\text{24}\text{hr}$ at should be determined if approximately $\text{240}\text{mL}/\text{min}\text{of}{\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ is exhaled by an average adult at rest.

Concept Introduction:

Ideal gas Equation:

Any gas is described by using four terms namely pressure, volume, temperature and the amount of gas. Thus combining three laws namely Boyle’s, Charles’s Law and Avogadro’s Hypothesis the following equation could be obtained. It is referred as ideal gas equation.

$\begin{array}{l}\text{V }\propto \frac{\text{nT}}{\text{P}}\\ \text{V = R}\frac{\text{nT}}{\text{P}}\\ \text{PV = nRT}\end{array}$

Where,

$\begin{array}{l}\text{n = moles}\text{of}\text{gas}\\ \text{P = pressure}\\ \text{T = temperature}\\ \text{R = gas }\text{constant}\end{array}$