Question

Air is made up mostly of O2, N2, and CO2. If the total pressure of air is 765mmHg and P(N2) = 0.79 atm and P(CO2) = 0.05 atm, then what is the partial pressure of the O2?

Answer 1

the partial pressure of the O2 is 0.167 atm

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the partial pressure of the O2 is shown below:

As we know that

P = P_N2 + P_O2 + P_CO2

P_O2 = P - P_N2 - P_CO2

= (1.007 - 0.79 - 0.05)

= 0.167 atm

Hence, the partial pressure of the O2 is 0.167 atm

we simply applied the above formula