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How much carbon dioxide can a tree convert into oxygen?
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After absorbing 48 pounds of carbon dioxide a year, a tree is capable of providing enough oxygen for two people over the course of a year. An acre of trees can produce enough carbon dioxide to equal a car driving over 26,000 miles.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt requires 22 trees to produce the amount of oxygen consumed by one person. (An acre of trees produces enough oxygen for 18 people). This data comes from the Northwest Territories Forest Management site.
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∙ 15y ago"One estimate indicates that a large tree whose trunk is 39 inches in diameter at breast height releases 0.67 pounds (0.31 kilograms) of oxygen per day. A smaller tree of 9-12 inches diameter at breast height releases only 0.13 lbs (0.06 kg) per day. For comparison, according to NASA, a typical adult would use 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg) of oxygen gas per day in the process of respiration. From these numbers you can see the importance of trees to oxygen production on earth. According to the web site http://www.treepeople.org/, in one year an acre of trees can provide enough oxygen for 18 people." http://www.auburn.edu/communications_marketing/askaubie/101205.html
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∙ 14y ago27.3% of CO2 is composed of Carbon. Trees are composed of about 40% carbon (conservative estimate) so for every 100 kg a tree weighs, 40 kg are carbon.
Allegedly the average tree (probably 60 foot) weighs 682 kg. That is about 275 kg of carbon per tree.
275/0.273 = 1007 kg CO2 absorbed x 72.7% (amount of oxygen in CO2) = 730 kg of oxygen made in the lifespan of the average tree.
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∙ 12y agothe oxygen released by a tree is equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide consumed,which can be shown as follows:-
12CO2 + 11H2O =C12H22O11 + 12O2
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∙ 14y agoTrees are only able to give you 2% of their oxygen as they need some aswell to keep them strong and to keep on growing!!!!!!
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∙ 15y agoit depends on what tree your talking about
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∙ 8y agoTrees release oxygen, they do not hold it.
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