Answer to Question #84383 in General Chemistry for Darlene

Question

Your ship is maintained at STP with composition of air of 79% nitrogen, 21% oxygen.
Your ship is maintained at STP, you estimate that you ship holds 4,500 L of air, how many moles of oxygen gas are need to fill the ship.
An average human needs 785.7g of pure oxygen per day. You calculate that you can produce 3.01 x1025 molecules of oxygen per day. Assuming that you and your friend need the average amount of oxygen per day, are you producing enough oxygen to survive?

Answer 1

42.19 moles of oxygen gas

yes, m = 1600 gram