When air is inhaled, its volume remains constant and its pressure increases as it is warmed to

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When air is inhaled, its volume remains constant and its pressure increases as it is warmed to body temperature Tbody = 37 C. Assuming that air behaves as an ideal gas and that it is initially at a pressure of 1 atm, what is the pressure of air in the lungs after inhalation if the air is initially (a) at room temperature, T = 20 C; (b) at the temperature of a cold winter day in Boston, T = −15 ◦C; (c) coming from one person’s mouth to another’s during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). For CPR, assume the air is initially at body temperature and at p = 1 atm.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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