## Partial Pressure

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### Partial Pressure

What is the meaning of partial pressure?

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### Re: Partial Pressure

Partial pressure is the pressure of one of the gases in a mixture. Essentially, the pressure of one gas if it was placed alone in the same volume as the mixture, is its partial pressure in the mixture. Since there is a mixture of gases, each gas has its own partial pressure, which can be added to find the total pressure.

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Karl Yost 1L
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### Re: Partial Pressure

In a system containing a mixture of gases, there is a certain value of P, i.e. pressure, that is exerted by the mixture of gases. Partial pressure is the pressure exerted by a given gas.

For instance, in the reaction:

$N_{2}(g)+3H_{2}(g)\rightleftharpoons 2NH_{3}(g)$,

each gas will contribute differently to the overall pressure. Partial pressures give us a quantitative way of understanding this contribution.

Becca Nelson 3F
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### Re: Partial Pressure

From my understanding, the partial pressure is the pressure of the specific gas if it occupied the volume by itself. We can find the partial pressure if we have the number of moles, volume, temperature, and R value using PV=nRT. The sum of all of the partial pressure is the pressure. I hope this helps.

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### Re: Partial Pressure

Partial pressure is the portion of the total pressure exerted by a single gas molecule. For example, if there is a total pressure in a beaker of 2 atm and there is 1 atm of water and 1 atm of sulfur dioxide, then you would say the partial pressure of water and sulfur dioxide is 0.5 in the system. It is essential another way of representing how much of a certain molecule exists in a system relative to the system as a whole.

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