DaltonsLawofPartialPressure

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Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure (Mixture of Gases)
Sometimes, a container can hold a mixture of gases and not just one gas. As you know from the KineticTheoryofGas (and ideal gas law) that each gas thinks it is alone in the container. Therefore, each gas occupies the total volume of the container and exerts its own pressure called partial pressure (P_i where i = each gas.

The total pressure of the gas mixture is the summation of the partial pressure of all the gases in the container or P_total = P₁ + P₂ + P₃ (have 3 gas species in mixture.

Please take notes on the following animated webpage of Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure. [Click on play button to start animation]

Please take notes on the following animation of how to calculate (steps to follow) total pressure and/or partial pressure of gas mixtures.[Click on play button to start animation]

Thanks to www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu for animation webpages

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