Question

A container of a mixture of 4 gases has a total pressure of 35.7 kPa. Gas A has a partial pressure of 7.8kPa. Gas B has a partial pressure of 3.7 kPa, and Gas C has a pressure of 8.7kPa. What is the partial pressure of Gas D in kPa?

Answer 1

Answer:

partial pressure of gas D Pd = 15.5 kPa

Explanation:

As per the Dalton's law of partial pressure, in a mixture, pressure exerted by each gas when summed gives the total partial pressure exerted by mixture.

P(Total) = P1+P2+P3.....

Given P(Total) = 35.7 kPa

Partial pressure of gas A Pa = 7.8 kPa

Partial pressure of gas B Pb = 3.7 kPa

Partial pressure of gas C Pc =  8.7 kPa

There, Partial pressure of gas D Pd = P(Total) -(Pa+Pb+Pc)

Pd = 35.7-(7.8+3.7+8.7) = 35.7-20.2 kPa = 15.5 kPa

Therefore, partial pressure of gas D Pd = 15.5 kPa