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Can someone explain the concept of a ton of air to me? Is the air measure as if it was compressed into a solid?
by gennarro 5y ago
Can someone explain the concept of a ton of air to me? Is the air measure as if it was compressed into a solid?
- markcyffka 5y agoThe relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature for 1 ton of air (mass) can be characterized reasonably well by the ideal gas law PV=nRT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law
- nick238 5y agoThe density of air is about 1.2 kilograms per cubic meter (water is 1000 kg/m3). So, it'd take about 830 cubic meters of air to make a ton (1 m x 1 m x 830), or a cube with each side of length 9.4 meters or about 30 feet. A ton is a ton, regardless of phase (solid, liquid, gas, feathers)
- marcosdumay 5y agoWeight a container in a vacuum chamber. Then put the air inside it, seal and weight it again. It's enough air that the full container weights a ton more than empty. If you compress it, it keeps the same weight (to any reasonable precision), but you won't get it into a solid.