Experiment 7: Temperature and Oxygen levels at indoors and outdoors
Laboratory Report
Paolo Luis Abalos, John Carlo Amor & Elisha Khristia Basadre
Department of Mathematics and Physics
College of Science, University of Santo Tomas
España, Manila Philippines
Abstract II. Theory
This experiment was done to Oxygen sensor works as a result of
measure the oxygen level of different indoor continues amount of oxygen in the
and outdoor places and to correlate it with surrounding with respect to its reference air
the temperature of the surrounding with a range of 0 to 27%.[1] This oxygen
environment. The experiment made use of a sensor then generates a change in current
Vernier O2 gas sensor, temperature probe that is directly proportional to the oxygen
and the Vernier Labquest. Results showed concentration of the electrochemical cell.
that the average amount of O2 varies as the The electrochemical cell is composed of a
average temperature changes, thus proving lead anode a gold cathode immerse in an
the Ideal Gas Law which states the inverse electrolyte. This cause oxygen to react
proportionality of temperature to the electrochemically between the electrodes as
volume per mole ratio of gas. The objective the oxygen was reduced at the gold cathode
of correlating the temperature and amount
of oxygen in different places have been The temperature probe works as a
attained. NTC thermistor. The thermistor is composed
of a metal oxide whose change in resistance
I. Introduction is inversely proportional to a change in
Fresh air is composed of different temperature. An excitation current is passed
gases mainly Oxygen and is fundamental to across the sensor and the voltage, which is
all living things, especially to us humans. proportional to the resistance using the
These fresh air that we are inhaling can Steinhart-Hart equation:
naturally be found around our environment. Equation 1:
Plants play a vital role for producing the air
that we consume through photosynthesis. T =[K 0 + K 1 ( ln 1000 R ) + K 2 ( ln 1000 R )3 ]−1−273.15
Without oxygen from air, humans and other
Where, T is temperature (°C), R is
living organisms will die, things start to
the measured resistance in kΩ,
crumble and water will eventually -3 -4
K=1.02119×10 , K1=2.22468×10 , and
evaporate. As of today, climate change
K2=1.33342×10-7. The program will take
became one of the major problems of the
care of the conversion and provide readings
world and a slight increase of temperature
in °C (or other units, if you load a different
can affect every life on earth.
calibration).
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III. Methodology
The instruments that were used in
this experiment were: Vernier oxygen gas
sensor, temperature probe and Vernier
LabQuest. Oxygen (O2) and temperature
was collected at indoor and outdoor places
around main building of UST.
Figure 4. Outdoor 2: At the back of main
building(without trees)
Figure 1. Instruments used in the experiment
(left to right: temperature probe, Vernier
Figure 5. Indoor 1: Mainbuilding 3rd floor
oxygen gas sensor, and LabQuest)
corridor (not air-conditioned)
The second indoor place was
inside room 304 of main building which was
an air-conditioned room. The O2 levels and
temperature on the said places were
collected at a duration of 5 minutes per
Figure 2.Vernier LabQuest place. Collection and analyzation of data
was done using Vernier Labquest. The
relationship of oxygen levels and
temperature of indoor and outdoor places
was observed and compared. Data collected
was then correlated and discussed in the
results and discussion.
Figure 3. Outdoor 1: In front of main IV. Results and Discussion
building(around trees)
The following graphs were different
measurements of temperature and O2 levels
in different places. Run1 is from in front of
the statue of Benavides, Run2 is from
2
Quatromondial statue, Run3 is from the
bulletin board side at the 3rd floor of the 31
Main Building, and Run4 is from inside
Temperature (C)
30.5
room 304 in the Main Building. 30
Graph 1: Run 1 Benavides Statue O2 level 29.5
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28.5
0 75 150 225 300 375
0.9
Time(seconds)
0.675
O2 (ppt)
0.45
Graph 5: Run 3 Main building corridor
0.225 dapitan side O2 level
0
0 75 150 225 300 375
Time(seconds)
0.85
Graph 2: Run 1 Benavides Statue 0.84
O2 (ppt)
Temperature 0.83
0.82
0.81
30.975 0 75 150 225 300 375
Temperature (C)
30.8 Time(seconds)
30.625
30.45
30.275
Graph 6: Main building corridor dapitan side
30.1 Temperature
29.925
0 75 150 225 300 375
Time(seconds)
30.375
Graph 3: Run 2 Quatromondial Statue O2
level 30.25
Temperature (C)
30.125
30
0.9
29.875
0.8775
0.855 29.75
O2 (ppt)
0 75 150 225 300 375
0.8325
Time(seconds)
0.81
0.7875
0.765
0 75 150 225 300 375
Time(seconds)
Graph 7: Run 4 Main Building room 304 O 2
level
Graph 4: Run 2 Quatromondial Temperature
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Temperature and Oxygen levels at
indoors and outdoors around main building
0.82
was compared and correlated. The
relationship of temperature and oxygen was
0.78 theoretically determined to be inversely
O2 (ppt)
0.74 proportional and was proved to be reliable
0.7 from the data gathered in this experiment.
0 75 150 225 300 375
Time(seconds) VI. References
Graph 8: Run 4 Main Building room [1] Vernier Oxygen gas sensor manual
Temperature Retrieved March 16, 2016 from
http://www2.vernier.com/booklets/tmp-
bta.pdf
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26.25
Temperature (C)
25.5
24.75
24
23.25
22.5
0 75 150 225 300 375
Time(seconds)
The results shows no clear relation
correlation of O2 levels from temperature,
as temperature fluctuates from 30 C to 24 C
depending on the place and O2 levels varies
from .89 to.75 ppt. But average of
temperature and O2 levels shows that higher
O2 ppt were read when the temperature is
higher, and vice versa. This could be
correlated in the ideal gas law which could
be interpreted as the volume-mole ratio of a
gas is proportional to the temperature of the
gas multiplied by the ideal gas constant and
divided by the pressure of the gas. It shows
that the amount of oxygen is inversely
proportional to the temperature.
The experimenter suggest that in
order to have better correlation of data, the
pressure must also be measured and taken
into consideration as significant wind
pressure could affect the value of O2 levels
and the temperature itself.
V. Conclusion
