Final answer:
Without specific information about the oxygen cylinder's size, pressure, and temperature in the EPOS, we can't determine the exact volume of aviator oxygen it contains. We can use the combined gas law to illustrate how one would calculate the volume of oxygen at different conditions if that information were known.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine how many liters of aviator oxygen are contained in a single oxygen cylinder within the Emergency Passenger Oxygen System (EPOS), we would need specific information about the cylinder's size, pressure, and temperature. However, since we do not have that information, we can still discuss the concept using related scenarios.
For example, if we were given that a cylinder of medical oxygen has a volume of 35.4 liters and contains O₂ at a pressure of 151 atm and a temperature of 25 °C, we can calculate the volume of O₂ at normal body conditions (1 atm and 37 °C) using the combined gas law:
- P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2
- V2 = (P1V1/T1) * (T2/P2)
- V2 = (151 atm * 35.4 L) / (298.15 K) * (310.15 K / 1 atm)
- V2 = (5346.4 atm*L) / (298.15 K) * (310.15 K / 1 atm)
- V2 = (5234.6 L*K) / (298.15 K) * (310.15 K)
- V2 ≈ 5337 L (rounded to 4 significant figures)
The final volume of O₂ at normal body conditions would be approximately 5337 liters.