Air is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon (and a few other trace gases that we will ignore here). Assume you have a container of air, where nitrogen has a partial pressure of 870 torr, oxygen has a partial pressure of 256 torr, and argon has a partial pressure of 12 torr. What is the total pressure in the container?

Air is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and argon (and a few other trace gases that we will ignore here). Assume you have a container of air, where nitrogen has a partial pressure of 870 torr, oxygen has a partial pressure of 256 torr, and argon has a partial pressure of 12 torr. What is the total pressure in the container?

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Chapter5: Gases

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Problem 143CWP: A certain flexible weather balloon contains helium gas at a volume of 855 L. Initially, the balloon...

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