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Quiz: How much do you know about airplane air?

Taking to the skies? Test your knowledge of the chemistry behind air on an airplane

by Andy Brunning, special to C&EN
September 2, 2024

 

Before you take our quiz on airplane air, make sure you check out our Periodic Graphic for some helpful hints.

What is the approximate air pressure at the typical commercial airplane's cruising altitude of 11,000 m above sea level?
The cabin pressure during flights is set to approximately what percentage of pressure at sea level?
Airplanes cruise in the lower section of which part of the atmosphere?
How many oxygen molecules does an ozone converter produce for every two molecules of ozone?
Which of the following sodium compounds is used as the oxidizer core in the emergency oxygen generator?
Approximately how many minutes of oxygen does the emergency oxygen generator supply?
What metal is burned to decompose the oxidizer in the emergency oxygen generator?

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