Approximately how many oxygen molecules arrive each second at the mitochondrion of an active person with a

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Approximately how many oxygen molecules arrive each second at the mitochondrion of an active person with a mass of 84 kg? The following data are available: Oxygen consumption is about 40. mL of O2 per minute per kilogram of body weight, measured at T = 300, K and P = 100 atm. In an adult there are about 1.6 × 1010 cells per kg body mass. Each cell contains about 800. mitochondria.

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Physical Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321812001

3rd edition

Authors: Thomas Engel, Philip Reid

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