Question

The total pressure of a confined mixture of gases is the sum of the pressures of each of the gases in the mixture. This is known as ____. A. Charles' Law B. Tom's Law C. Boyle's Law D. Dalton's Law

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

It is also known as the Dalton’s law of partial pressure. Given a confinement that contains a mixture of gases which do not mix, the total pressure equals the sum of the individual pressures.

The term, which do not mix is necessary because, if the gases are the type that mix, the law will no longer hold as they would have given up their individual identities and hence their individual partial pressure cannot be use to access them anymore.

Hence, the law helps to sum the totality of the pressures of a number of gases which exists together in a confinement and they do not mix. Say we have 3 gases A, B and C. The total pressure is the sum of pressure A, pressure B and pressure C.