Answer to Question #115600 in Inorganic Chemistry for Titomi

Question

Bambo is a secondary school boy that just finished writing his exams. His father wanted to take him along for a Conference in Dallas, Texas. But he refused because he was scared of entering planes. The thought in his heart was what would be the constituent of air in the sky, where the plane would be flying? Perhaps there would be some suffocation up there? So he insisted on not going with his Dad! How would you try to persuade him, using the constituents of air up there both outside and inside the plane to explain

Answer 1

the oxygen content in the air of the aircraft is the same as in the air at sea level, its only drawback is that it is very dry