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Offline TLynn

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How to figure out the PPM
« on: May 15, 2018, 05:30:32 AM »
I have been out of school for 25+ years and trying to understand how to solve certain equations. How would I find the answer to this?

A solvent is evaporating at the rate of 0.9 ft3 in a room having dimensions of 20x15x10. The ventilation rate in the room is 1500 ft3/min. Assuming STP conditions, what is the concentration of the solvent vapor in a room after 2 hours?
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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2018, 06:24:06 AM »
Welcome, TLynn!

The unit of the evaporation rate doesn't fit.

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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2018, 06:40:48 AM »
The correct answer is showing 600 PPM but I have no idea or don't understand how that was obtained.

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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2018, 07:28:02 AM »
There is problems with the way the question was written maybe due to typos

Firstly -- (as suggested by @Enthalpy)
...  rate of 0.9 ft3+  ...

Rate
usually implies a time component
Either
you miss typed the question
the original source of the problem has a typo
or you are to presume a time span for some reason.

we would have expected
per hour or per minute

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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2018, 07:34:37 AM »
I think I did forget the min wording after the 0.9ft3

A solvent is evaporating at the rate of 0.9 ft3/min in a room having dimensions of 20x15x10. The ventilation rate in the room is 1500 ft3/min. Assuming STP conditions, what is the concentration of the solvent vapor in a room after 2 hours?

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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2018, 07:46:30 AM »
In general
What is the definition of PPM?

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Re: How to figure out the PPM
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2018, 09:35:14 AM »
There are two processes - one increases the amount of solvent in the air, the other lowers it. Each can be described using a differential equation. Processes are independent, so you can assume final effect is a linear combination of both.
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