Question

What’s the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a container that holds 5 moles of carbon dioxide, 3 moles of nitrogen, and 1 mole of hydrogen and has a total pressure of 1.05 atm?

Answer 1

Answer:

p

(

CO

2

)

=

0.58

atm

Explanation:

p

(

CO

2

)

=

Total pressure

⋅

Mole fraction of CO

2

=

1.05

⋅

5

5

+

3

+

1

=

1.05 ⋅ 5/9 = 0.58 atm

Explanation: