What is the weight of air for the entire atmosphere?

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What is the weight of air for the entire atmosphere?

2007-02-10 09:51:48 · 3 answers · asked by coachlondon 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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you mean the cumulaive wieght of all the things floating in "air"

on;y thing I can find is 14 lbs per square inch )column for sea ground to space). Or 1 millionth of the wieght of the earth,

2007-02-10 09:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by $0.02 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋

Well, atmospheric pressure at sea level is 1 kg per square cm. If you multiply this by the surface area of the Earth, which is 500 million square km., you get 5times 10^12 kg, or 5 billion tonnes.

2007-02-10 09:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

5.15 × 10^18 kg

Since the Earth's mass 5.97 × 10^24 kg, $0.02's approximation is approximately correct.

2007-02-10 10:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by gebobs 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋