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The Barometric Formula

The barometric formula calculates atmospheric pressure as a function of altitude by assuming an isothermal atmosphere where temperature remains constant with height. It relates pressure to sea level pressure, molar mass of the gas, gravity, height above sea level, temperature, and the gas constant. This equation is one of the few in chemistry that considers the effect of gravity on pressure.

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The Barometric Formula

The barometric formula calculates atmospheric pressure as a function of altitude by assuming an isothermal atmosphere where temperature remains constant with height. It relates pressure to sea level pressure, molar mass of the gas, gravity, height above sea level, temperature, and the gas constant. This equation is one of the few in chemistry that considers the effect of gravity on pressure.

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Thebarometricformula:

P(h)=P(0)eMgh/RT(puregasortotalpressureofmixture)
isoneofthefewequationsingeneralchemistrythatdependsontheeffectofgravity.
Thisequationisderivedassumingthatthetemperatureoftheatmosphereisthesame
ateveryaltitude(clearlynotalwaystrue).Forthisreasonitisamodelof
anisothermalatmosphere.
Theformulagivenaboveallowsustocalculatethepressure,P(h),ofapuregasasa
functionofaltitude,h,ifweknow:
P(0)thepressureofthegasatsealevel(h=0)
Mthemolarmassofthegasexpressedinkg/mole
gtheaccelerationduetogravityatthesurfaceoftheplanet(onearth,g=9.81
m/s2)
htheheightabovesealevelinmeters
TthetemperatureinK
thegasconstant(iftheunitsgivenaboveareused,R=8.3145J/molKis
appropriate)

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