(Solution) - Air samples from a process area are continuously drawn through -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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Air samples from a process area are continuously drawn through a 1/4-in, diameter tube to an analytical instrument that is located 40 meters away. The tubing has an outside diameter of 6.35 mm and a wall thickness of 0.762 mm. The flow rate through the transfer line is 10 cm3/s (or ambient conditions of 20oC and 1atm. The pressure drop in the transfer line is negligible. Because chlorine gas is used in the process, a leak can poison workers in the area. It takes the analyzer 5 a to respond alter chlorine first reaches it. Determine the amount of time that is required to detect a chlorine Leak in the processing area. State any assumptions that you make. Would this amount of time be acceptable if the hazardous gas were carbon monoxide instead of chlorine?