Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure

Dalton's law equation is used to find what?

• the density of a pure gas

• the total pressure of a pure gas

• the total pressure of a gas mixture

• the volume of a gas mixture

A tank of gas contains 50 kPa of helium, 50 kPa of argon, and 100 kPa of neon. What is the total pressure of the gas mixture?

• 100 kPa

• 50 kPa

• 200 L

• 200 kPa

In dry air, what is P_N ?

• 79.11 kPa

• 78.08 %

• 101.32 kPa

• 100.00 %

Which equation represents Dalton's Law?

• e=mc2
• PV=nRT
• P1/T1=P2/T2
• Ptotal=P1, P2, P3...

Three gases, Ar, N2 and H2 are mixed in a 500L container. Ar has a pressure of 255 torr, N2 has a pressure of 228torr and H2 has pressure of 752torr. What is the total pressure in the container?

• 483torr
• 270torr
• 1235torr

Calculate the partial pressure of H2 at 20oC when the vapor pressure of water is 17.5torr. The total pressure of the gases is 750torr.

• 767.5torr
• 732torr
• 42.86torr

A mixture of hydrogen, nitrogen, and water vapor has a total pressure of 864 mmHg. The partial pressure of hydrogen is 220 mmHg and that of nitrogen is 410 mmHg. What is the partial pressure of water vapor?

• 234 mmHg
• 1.37 mmHg
• 2.64 mmHg
• 1, 494 mmHg

A container holds a mixture of two different gases. The oxygen in a container exerts 80 mmHg of pressure on the inside of the container. The total pressure inside the container is 120 mmHg. What is the pressure of the other gas in the container?

• 200 mmHg

• 80 mmHg

• 40 mmHg

• 120 mmHg

A 250 mL sample of oxygen is collected over water at 25° C and 760.0 torr pressure. What is the pressure of the dry gas alone? (Vapor pressure of water at 25° C = 23.8 torr)

• 783.8 torr

• 205.38 torr

• 1250 torr

• 736.2 torr

A mixture of gases has a total pressure of 125 kPa. The mixture contains 2.0 mol of oxygen, 3.0 mol of hydrogen, and 5.0 moles of helium. What is the partial pressure of the oxygen?

• 31 kPa

• 35 kPa

• 25 kPa

• 15 kPa