Question

A mixture of neon and argon gases exerts a total pressure of 2.39 atm. The partial pressure of the neon alone is 1.84 atm, What is the partial pressure of the argon?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.55 atm

Explanation:

According to Dalton's law of partial pressures,

The total pressure is the summation of the partial pressures of individual gases in a sample of non-reactive gases.

Since Neon and Argon are noble gases, they do not react with each other. So we can apply Dalton's partial pressure law.

P total = P Ar + P Ne

2.39 atm = P Ar+ 1.84 atm

P Ar = 2.39 atm - 1.84 atm

       = 0.55 atm