Pressure at the sea level: 1 atm.
Pressure at 5000 ft: 0.836 atm. Why? Write hypsometric equation:
p2=p1 exp[RdTg(Z1−Z2)]= =1 exp[287.04⋅(18+273.15)9.81(0−5000 ft⋅0.3048 m/ft)]=0.836 atm.
Now refer to Tromans (1998) to calculate the molal concentration of oxygen dissolved in water:
caq=PO2exp[8.3144T0.046T2+203.35T ln(T/298)−(29.378+0.092T)(T−298)−20591], where temperature is in kelvins, pressure is in atm:
caq(0 ft)=1.447⋅10−3 mol/kg,caq(5000 ft)=1.210⋅10−3 mol/kg. References:
Tromans, D. (1998). Temperature and pressure dependent solubility of oxygen in water: a thermodynamic analysis. Hydrometallurgy, 48(3), 327-342. doi: 10.1016/s0304-386x(98)00007-3
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