Question

When you mix two gases what can you predict about the conservation of volume in this case?

Answer 1

Amagat's law of additive volumes states that we can simply add up the individual volumes of each gas (provided they are at the same temperature and pressure) to get the total volume of the mixture. Conservation of volume is an acceptable assumption for gases (but not always for liquid mixtures). This works for gases since the molecules are very small and only take up a minimal amount of space in a gas.