PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - (air) density and molecules
View Single Post
Old 16th Jul 2004, 08:27
  #15 (permalink)  
bookworm
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 3,648
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Good comments palgia.

PS. Correct me if i'm wrong, but the standard atmosphere engineers use is 21% oxy, 78% nitrogen and a few other gasses. No moisture? Are they calculating numbers for DRY AIR?
My understanding, after a bit of digging, is that the standard atmosphere is defined using the hyrdostatic constant

g * Mm / R = 34.163 K/km

That would make the molar mass Mm = 28.95 g/mol

I believe that is dry air (approx 78% N2, 21% O2, 1% Ar).

Last edited by bookworm; 16th Jul 2004 at 08:44.
bookworm is offline