Most fish need at least 4 ppm dissolved O2 in water for survival.(a) What is this concentration in mol/L? (b) Whatpartial pressure of O2 above water is needed to obtain4 ppm O2 in water at 10 °C? (The Henry’s law constant forO2 at this temperature is 1.71 x 10-3 mol/L-atm.)

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Most fish need at least 4 ppm dissolved O2 in water for survival.
(a) What is this concentration in mol/L? (b) What
partial pressure of O2 above water is needed to obtain
4 ppm O2 in water at 10 °C? (The Henry’s law constant for
O2 at this temperature is 1.71 x 10-3 mol/L-atm.)

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