Chapter 11, Problem 81E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The partial pressure of oxygen is to be determined.

Concept introduction:

The pressure due to individual component in gas mixture is called partial pressure.

For any component, partial pressure is the component’s fractional composition times the total pressure of the mixture.

Express partial pressure in terms of fractional composition as:$\text{Partial pressure of the component = Fractional composition of component }\times \text{Total pressure}$