Post on 31-Dec-2015
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Basic Facts
• 1 drop of blood (~0.06mL)– 5 million RBCs– 8,000 WBCs– 250,000 platelets
• 1 RBC = 270,000,000 Hb molecules• 1 Hb = 4 heme groups
• 1 drop of blood = 5.4 x 1015 O2 molecules
• Entire body = 3.60 x 1020 molecules of oxygen
Proposed Design – Analysis
hrV 2 626 101105.2 = 1.9635 x 10-17 m3
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4.22 2V
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V2 = 25.4 L/mol of gas
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X14109635.14.25
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X = 7.73 x 10-16 mol = 465,600,000 O2 molecules
Proposed Design – Power
• Anaerobic conversion of glucose to ATP via Embden-Meyerhof pathway