2
3
3
Concentration Terms
Parts per hundred (percent or %)
Parts per million (ppm)
Parts per billion (ppb)
Midday ozone (O
3
) levels reach about 0.4 ppm =
ppm = 0.4 ozone molecules
1 x 10
6
molecules and atoms in air
Sulfur dioxide in the air should not exceed 30 ppb =
ppb = 30 sulfur dioxide molecules
1 x 10
9
molecules and atoms in air
Section 1.2
Atmosphere is 21% oxygen = 21 oxygen molecules
% = 21 oxygen molecules
100 molecules and atoms in air
4
4
Another Example – Model 2
Section 1.4
molecules N
2
O
USING UNIT ANALYSIS TO CARRY OUT CALCULATIONS
The concentration of dinitrogen monoxide in the atmosphere is 45 parts per billion (ppb).
If there are 2 x 10
22
molecules of air in a breath,
how many molecules of dinitrogen monoxide are there in each breath?
Molecules of N2O in a single breath:
45 N
2
O molecules
9
2×10
22
molecules of air
45 N
2
O molecules
1×10
9
molecules of air ×2×10
22
molecules of air
1 breath =
9×10
14
N
2
O molecules
Description of Step
in Process
Result
1.
Identify the quantity being calculated paying
attention to the units asked for in the answer
2.
Pull any useful information out of the
problem statement
concentration = 45 ppb
2 x 1022 molecules in one breath
3.
Put this information in the form of a fraction
(a
conversion factor)
4.
Set up a mathematical equation that will
allow you to calculate the desired quantity in the
appropriate units