Chapter 13, Problem 13.47P

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Final total pressure inside the chamber has to be calculated.

Concept Introduction:

The net pressure due to mixture of gases is equal to algebraic sum of the partial pressures of its constituent gases. This is popularly called as Dalton’s law.

For a mixture of two gases, A and B, the total pressure in accordance with Dalton’s law is calculated as follows:

  $P_{\text{total}}=P_{\text{A}}+P_{\text{B}}$

Here,

$P_{\text{total}}$ denotes the total pressure exerted by the mixture of gases.

$P_{\text{A}}$ denotes pressure due to gaseous component A.

$P_{\text{B}}$ denotes the pressure due to gaseous component B.