Basic Facts

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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 10 15 O 2 molecules Entire body = 3.60 x 10 20 molecules of oxygen

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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 10 15 O 2 molecules Entire body = 3.60 x 10 20 molecules of oxygen. Proposed Design – Analysis. = 1.9635 x 10 -17 m 3. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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

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Proposed Design – Analysis

hrV 2 626 101105.2 = 1.9635 x 10-17 m3

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310273

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

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Proposed Design – Power

• Anaerobic conversion of glucose to ATP via Embden-Meyerhof pathway