Question

A mixture of He, Ne, and N2 gases has a pressure of 0,898 atm. If the pressures of He and Ne are 0.336 atm and 0.106 atm, respectively, what is the partial pressure of N2 in the mixture?

Answer 1

Pressure for N₂ = 0.456 atm

Step-by-step explanation:

There is law for gases which states that the sum of partial pressures of each gas in a mixture, is equal to the total pressure of the system.

For this case, we have a mixture of He, Ne and N₂

Then Total pressure is 0.898 atm

He's pressure + Ne's pressure + N₂'s pressure = 0.898 atm

N₂'s pressure = 0.898 atm - 0.336 atm - 0.106 atm

Pressure for N₂ = 0.456 atm

This is called the Dalton's law of partial pressures.