Question

blast furnaces give off many unpleasant and unhealthy gases. If the total air pressure is .99 ATM the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is .05 ATM in the partial pressure of oxygen sulfide is .02 ATM what is the partial pressure of the remaining air

Answer 1

`P_(air)=1.02atm`

Step-by-step explanation:

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In this case, since the Dalton's law help us to realize that the total pressure of a gas mixture is computed by adding the partial pressure of each composing gas, for the mixture formed by carbon dioxide, oxygen sulfide (should be hydrogen sulfide instead) and air, we can write:

`P=P_(CO_2)+P_(H_2S)+P_(air)`

Thus, given the total pressure and the partial pressures of both carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, the partial pressure of the remaining air would be:

`P_(air)=P_(T)-P_(H_2S)-P_(CO_2)`

Therefore, we plug in to obtain:

`P_(air)=0.99atm-0.05atm-0.02atm\\\\P_(air)=1.02atm`

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