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\n" ); document.write( "A gas mixture contains 2.5 mol N2 and 9.7 mol CO2, and has a pressure of 2.3 atm. What is the partial pressure of each gas?
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document.write( "Use two rules when solve such problems:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (1)  Total pressure of a mixture of gases is the sum of partial pressures.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (2)  Partial pressure of a gas in the mixture is proportional to its molar mass in the mixture.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It gives you, for your problem\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  = 0.4713 atm  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  = 1.8287 atm  (rounded).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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