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The answer is 1.6 atm. Let's first calculate the mole fraction of gas Y.
The mole fraction (x) is: x = n1/n, where n1 is a number of moles of an
individual gas in a mixture and n is total moles of the gas mixture. We
know that n1 of gas Y is 6.0 mol (n1 = 6.0 mol) and that there are in
total 8. mol of the gas mixture (n = 2.0 + 6.0 = 8.0 mol). Now calculate
the mole fraction of gas Y. x = 6.0/8.0 = 0.75. Now, let's use the mole
fraction of gas Y (x) and the total pressure (P) to calculate the
partial pressure of gas Y (P1): x = P1/P. P1 = x * P. If x = 0.75 and P =
2.1 atm, then the partial pressure of gas Y is: P1 = 0.75 * 2.1 atm =
1.6 atm.
A stable atom is an atom that has enough binding energy to hold the nucleus together permanently. An unstable atom does not have enough binding energy to hold the nucleus together permanently and is called a radioactive atom.
