Question

A tank of gas has partial pressures of nitrogen and oxygen equal to 1.61 × 104 kPa and 4.34 × 103 kPa , respectively.What is the total pressure of the tank?

Answer 1

Answer:

$20.44\times 10^3 kPa$ is the total pressure of the tank.

Explanation:

Partial pressures of nitrogen = $p_{N_2}=1.61\times 10^4 kPa$

Partial pressure of oxygen =  $p_{O_2}=4.34\times 10^3 kPa$

Total pressure of gases in the tank = P

Applying Dalton's law of partial pressures :

$P=p_{N_2}+p_{O_2}=1.61\times 10^4 kPa+4.34\times 10^3 kPa$

$P=20.44\times 10^3 kPa$

$20.44\times 10^3 kPa$ is the total pressure of the tank.