A mixture of oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen exerts a total pressure of 378 kPa. If the partial pressures of oxygen and hydrogen are 212 kPa and 101 kPa respectively, what is the partial pressure exerted by nitrogen?
1 Answer
Sep 10, 2017
Explanation:
Old Dalton's law of partial pressures states that in a gaseous mixture, the partial pressure exerted by a component gas is the same as the pressure it would exert IF IT ALONE occupied the container.....
And thus....
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