his is an example of a first-year chemistry question where you must first convert two of the pressures to the units of the third and add them up, per Dalton’s law of additive pressures. There are three possible answers, one for each of the three pressure units.
1 atm = 760 torr …… torr and mm Hg are the same
1 atm = 101.3 kPa
Dalton’s law:
P(total) = P(O2) + P(N2) + P(CO2)
Explanation:
Gases will assume whatever pressure depending on the equation of state of the mixture (in this case) and the volume htey are contained in. That could be the ideal gas law and simple mixing law, If you are quoting the partial pressures which you call simply “the pressure” of each gas, and that these refer to their values in the present mixture, then yes, we would add them up. The pressures are low enough for the ideal gas law to apply provided the temperature is not extremely low as well .
In a titration process, the unknown or the analyte with a known volume is placed in a flask and the titrant whose concentration is known is placed in the burette. The indicator in the titration process is generally added to the flask with the analyte.
