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2.66666666667 is the decimal of oxygen in the air
the aircontains 20.93% oxygen-whether you are swimming in the Dead Sea in Israel (1,369 feet or 417 meters below sea level) or standing on top of Mount Everest in Nepal (29,035 feet or 8,850 meters above sea level). the barometric pressure is lower the higher in altitude you go so the pressure of oxygen is lower therefore its harder for your lungs to absorb the oxygen.
The percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere does not change with altitude, so it is about 21% at 10 000 feet. What does change is the pressure. This declines with altitude. At sea level the air pressure is about 101 kPa (kilopascals). Oxygen accounts for 21% of this so the oxygen pressure is 19.6 kPa. This means that there are less oxygen molecules in the same volume of air at higher altitudes. At 10000 feet the oxygen pressure drops to 7.2 kPa, which is roughly one third of the pressure at sea level. For an online calculator of oxygen levels at different altitudes see: http://www.altitude.org/calculators/oxygencalculator/oxygencalculator.htm This site also lets you convert between kilopascals and mm Hg. For further information about the effects of altitude see: http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_3.htm http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7165/1063
1.21kg/m3 at 20 deg C at sea level 1.16kg/m3 at at 30 deg C
The earth's atmosphere at sea level.