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A rectangular face of 2.0 m x 2.5 m dimension is blasted with 20 kg explosive in a 1000 m long drive. One kilogram of explosive produces 2200 cm³ of nitrous fumes. The face is ventilated with a duct, located 10.0 m away from the face, to dilute the fumes. The quantity of air, in m³/s to be circulated for reducing the concentration of nitrous fumes to 5 ppm within a period of 5 minutes, is _____. (round off up to 2 decimals)

Use the relation,
t=2.303VmQlogqVmc+VVmQt = 2.303 \frac{V_m}{Q} \log \frac{q}{V_m c} + \frac{V - V_m}{Q},
where:

  • ( t = ) time,
  • ( V_m = ) volume of the tunnel over which the mixing of the gases produced at the face, and air delivered by the fan occurs,
  • ( c = ) concentration at time ( t ),
  • ( V = ) volume of tunnel,
  • ( Q = ) quantity of air flow,
  • ( q = ) total volume of nitrous fumes produced.
NAT

Min: 16.7 Max: 17.7

Answer: 17.2

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