Question

Chlorine gas has a density of 0.03 lbm/ft^3 at a given temperature. How big would a tank need to be in gallons to hold 200 lbm of chlorine? Check your unit conversions with a unit converter App (ConvertPad in Droid is very good).

Answer 1

We need a tank of volume 49866.6168 gallon

Step-by-step explanation:

We have given mass of chlorine m = 200 lbm

Density of chlorine
`d=0.03lbm/ft^3`

We know that mass = density × volume

So volume
`=(mass)/(density)=(200)/(0.03)=6666.66ft^3`

We know that 1
`ft^3` = 7.480 gallon

So 6666.66
`ft^3` = 6666.66×7.480 = 49866.6168 gallon

So we need a tank of volume 49866.6168 gallon