Solar winds composed of free protons, electrons, and

Chapter 3, Problem 3.135

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Solar winds composed of free protons, electrons, and particles bombard Earth constantly, knocking gas molecules out of the atmosphere. In this way, Earth loses about 3.0 kg of matter per second. It is estimated that the atmosphere will be gone in about 50 billion years. Use this estimate to calculate (a) the mass (kg) of Earths atmosphere and (b) the amount (mol) of nitrogen, which makes up 75.5 mass % of the atmosphere.

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