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Can I get help to find the partial pressure please I already know how to find the mole fraction.

Can I get help to find the partial pressure please I already know how to find the-example-1
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We have to calculate the mole fractions first before we can get the partial pressures of other gases

Xa = na/nt where Xa is the mole fraction, Na is the number of moles of gas A and nt is thetotal number of moles of gasses

We are given the masses of the gasses so we can start by calculating the number of moles.

n of boron trifluoride = m/M

n = 8.32 g/67.81 g/mol

n=0.1227 mol

n of chlorine pentafluoride= m/M

n=18.9/130.445

n=0.1149 mol

Mole fraction of boron trifluoride = 0.1227/(0.1227 + 0.1149)

= 0.5164

Mole fraction of chlorine pentafluoride = 0.1149/ (0.1227 +0.1149)

=0.4836

Partial pressure of boron trifluoride:

pV= nRT

p = nRT/V

p = (0.1227 x 0.08206 x 288)/ 8

p= 0.3625 atm

Partial pressure of chlorine pentafluoride

p= (0.1149 x 0.08206 x 288)/ 8

p =0.3394 atm

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