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Container A holds 717 mL 717 mL of ideal gas at 2.50 bar 2.50 bar . Container B holds 179 mL 179 mL of ideal gas at 4.30 bar 4.30 bar . If the gases are allowed to mix together, what is the partial pressure of each gas in the total volume?

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Answer:

[tex] p_{fA} = 2.467 atm (\frac{0.717 L}{0.896 L})=1.974 atm [/tex]

[tex] p_{fB} = 4.244 atm (\frac{0.179 L}{0.896 L})=0.848 atm [/tex]

[tex] p_{f}= p_{fA} +p_{fB}= 1.974 +0.848 atm = 2.822 atm[/tex]

Explanation:

For this case we can use the Boyle law given by:

Gas A

[tex] p_{iA} v_{iA} = p_{fA} v_{fA}[/tex]

The final volume for this case would be the addition of the two volumes given

[tex] v_{fA} = 717 + 179 ml = 896 ml *\frac{1L}{1000 ml}=0.896 L[/tex]

We can calculate the final pressure of the gas A:

[tex] p_{fA} = p_{iA} (\frac{v_{iA}}{v_{fA}}) [/tex]

We need to remember that 1 bar = 1.01325 atm, we convert the initial pressure for the gas A and we got:

[tex] p_{iA} = 2.5 bar *\frac{1 atm}{1.01325bar}= 2.467 atm[/tex]

And finally we got:

[tex] p_{fA} = 2.467 atm (\frac{0.717 L}{0.896 L})=1.974 atm [/tex]

Gas B

[tex] p_{iB} v_{iB} = p_{fB} v_{fB}[/tex]

The final volume for this case would be the addition of the two volumes given

[tex] v_{fB} = 717 + 179 ml = 896 ml *\frac{1L}{1000 ml}=0.896 L[/tex]

We can calculate the final pressure of the gas A:

[tex] p_{fB} = p_{iB} (\frac{v_{iB}}{v_{fB}}) [/tex]

We need to remember that 1 bar = 1.01325 atm, we convert the initial pressure for the gas A and we got:

[tex] p_{iB} = 4.3 bar *\frac{1 atm}{1.01325bar}= 4.244 atm[/tex]

And finally we got:

[tex] p_{fB} = 4.244 atm (\frac{0.179 L}{0.896 L})=0.848 atm [/tex]

And the total pressure for this case at the end would be:

[tex] p_{f}= p_{fA} +p_{fB}= 1.974 +0.848 atm = 2.822 atm[/tex]

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