Interpretation:
The partial pressure of oxygen in a container that holds
Concept Introduction:
The net pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of its constituent gases. This is known as Dalton’s law of partial pressure.
The total pressure for a mixture of two gases A and B is calculated as follows:
In terms of mole fraction the partial pressure is calculated as follows:
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