FYKOS Year 28 Series 3 Problem 1 — heavy air · FYKOS 28 #28.3.1

Physics · mechanics · thermodynamics

Problem

What is the weight of Earth's atmosphere? What percentage of weight does it make up? For the purposes of this problem you know only the mass of the Earth

M_{Z}

and the radius

R_{Z}

Zeme, gravitational acceleration

a_{g}

on the surface of the Earth, density of water

ρ

and you know that near the surface of the Earth at the depth of

h_{1}=10\;\mathrm{m}

it has the pressure of approximately one atmosphere

p_{a}=10^{5}Pa

Related theory

thermodynamics

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