Macmillan Learning This is a fun problem to help realize why barometers were constructed with mercury rather than water! The density of mercury is 13.5 g/mL and the density of water is 1.00 g/mL. If a mercury barometer reads 751 mmHg, what is the barometric pressure in cmH₂O? Hint: From physics we find that the pressure is related to the height according to the equation P=dgh where d-density, g = gravitational acceleration and h is the height. Now, if we have two devices at the same pressure we can say that P=digh=d₂gh Use this equation, your algebra skills and your logic to see how tall a water barometer would be! barometric pressure: cmH₂O

Macmillan Learning This is a fun problem to help realize why barometers were constructed with mercury rather than water! The density of mercury is 13.5 g/mL and the density of water is 1.00 g/mL. If a mercury barometer reads 751 mmHg, what is the barometric pressure in cmH₂O? Hint: From physics we find that the pressure is related to the height according to the equation P=dgh where d-density, g = gravitational acceleration and h is the height. Now, if we have two devices at the same pressure we can say that P=digh=d₂gh Use this equation, your algebra skills and your logic to see how tall a water barometer would be! barometric pressure: cmH₂O

Chemistry

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305957404

Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

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