Chapter 11, Problem 11.136QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The partial pressure of given gases has to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

Ideal gas is the most usually used form of the ideal gas equation, which describes the relationship among the four variables P, V, n, and T. An ideal gas is a hypothetical sample of gas whose pressure-volume-temperature behavior is predicted accurately by the ideal gas equation.

$\text{PV = nRT}$

• The pressure exerted by an individual gas in a mixture is known as its partial pressure.
• Assuming we have a mixture of ideal gases, we can use the ideal gas law to solve problems involving gases in a mixture.
• Dalton's law of partial pressures states that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the component gases:
• ${\text{P}}_{\text{Total}}\text{}{\text{=P}}_{\text{gas 1}}\text{}{\text{+P}}_{\text{gas 2}}\text{}{\text{+P}}_{\text{gas 3}}\text{}\mathrm{....}$
• A mole fraction is the unit less proportion of the number of moles of a mixture constituent and the total number of moles in the mixture.
• ${\text{χ}}_{\text{i}}\text{=}\frac{{\text{P}}_{\text{i}}}{{\text{P}}_{\text{total}}}$