Partial pressure

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Partial pressure in a mixture of ideal gases, each gas has a partial pressure which is the pressure which the gas would have if it alone occupied the volume. The total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of each individual gas in the mixture.

Partial pressure in a mixture of ideal gases, each gas has a partial pressure which is the pressure which the gas would have if it alone occupied the volume.

The total pressure of a gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of each individual gas in the mixture.

[edit] Also See

• Gas
• Temperature
• Fusion
• Melting Point
• Moisture
• Sublimation
• Condensation

[edit] Reference

1. Wikipedia Partial pressure [1]

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