Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure

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Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures of Gases, Derivation of Dalton's Law, and Partial Pressure in Terms of Mole Fraction.

Important Questions on Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure

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A gaseous mixture was prepared by taking equal mole of   COand N 2 . If the total pressure of the mixture was found 1 atmosphere, the partial pressure of the nitrogen   ( N 2 ) in the mixture is:

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If 500ml of gas A at 400 torrs and 666.6 ml of B at 600 torrs are placed in a 3 liter flask, the pressure of the system will be

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If 500ml of gas A at 400 torr and 666.6 ml of B at 600 torr are placed in a 3 litre flask, the pressure of the system will be

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A gaseous mixture of 2 moles of A, 3 moles of B, 5 moles of C and 10 moles of D is contained in a vessel. Assuming that gases are ideal and the partial pressure of C is 1.5 atm, total pressure is

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If XM, XP and XV are mole fraction, pressure fraction and volume fraction, respectively, of a gaseous mixture, then

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16 g each of H2He and O2 are present in a container exerting 10 atm pressure at T(K). The pressure in atm exerted by16 g each of He and O2 in the second container of same volume and temperature is

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A mixture of nitrogen and water vapour is admitted to a flask that contains a solid drying agent. Immediately after admission, the pressure in the flask is 760 Torr. After standing for some hours, the pressure reaches a steady value of 745 Torr. Calculate the mole percent of water vapour in the original mixture.

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A mixture of N2 and Ar gases in a cylinder contains 7 g of N2 and 8 g of Ar. If the total pressure of the mixture of the gases in the cylinder is 27 bar, the partial pressure of N2 is:
[Use atomic masses (in g mol1): N=14,Ar=40]

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Given $\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{CC}_{4}}^{0}=100$ torr, $\mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}}^{0}=300$ torr
What will be total pressure (in torr) for immiscible mixture after opening the valve? Give your answer after
dividing by 20.

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60 g of gaseous C2H6 is mixed with 28 g of carbon monoxide. The pressure of the resulting gaseous mixture is 3 atm. The partial pressure in atm of C2H6 in the mixture is

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If the ratio of masses of SO3 and O2 gases confined in a vessel is 1:1, then the ratio of their partial pressure would be

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To which of the followings the Dalton's law of partial pressures is not applicable?

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Given a mixture with 0.5 mole of gas A and x  moles of gas B. Total pressure is 200Pa  at 1000 K temperature in a vessel of volume 10m3 . Then, find x. (R universal gas constant)

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The density of a mixture of O2 and N2 is 1.3 gL-1 at STP. Calculate partial pressure of O2.

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Gaseous benzene reacts with hydrogen gas in presence of a nickel catalyst to form gaseous cyclohexane according to the reaction,

C6H6g+3H2gC6H12g

A mixture of  C6H6 and excess H2 has a pressure of 60 mm of Hg in an unknown volume. After the gas had been passed over a nickel catalyst and all the benzene converted to cyclohexane, the pressure of the gas was 30 mm of Hg in the same volume at the same temperature. The fraction of C6H6 (by volume) present in the original volume is

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A sample of air contains only N2,O2 and H2O. It is saturated with water vapours and the total pressure is 640 torr. The vapour pressure of water is 40 torr and the molar ratio of N2:O2 is 3 : 1. The partial pressure of N2 in the sample is

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Statement-1: In an empty container, equal weights of methane and hydrogen are mixed at 25oC . The fraction of the total pressure exerted by methane is 15

Statement-2: PCH4=Mole fraction of CH4×Ptotal

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Statement = Considering van der Waals' equation of state for a real gas P+n2 aV2 V-nb=nRT; the constant 'a' for O2 is less than that for H2Og

Explanation = The molar mass of O2 is almost twice that of H2O

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2 g of gas A is introduced to an evacuated flask at 25°C. The pressure of the gas is 1 atm. Now 3 g of another gas B is introduced in the same flask. The total pressure becomes 1.5 atm. Calculate the volume of the vessel if A is O2.

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A flask of capacity one litre contains NH3 at 1 atm & 25 °C . A spark is passed through until all the NH3 is decomposed into N2 & H2 . Calculate the pressure of gases left at 25 °C .