Question

If two gases are present in a container, the total pressure in the container is equal to

Answer 1

If two or more than two gases are present in a container,  then the total pressure exerted by gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressure of each individual gas. This is given by Dalton and it is known as Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressure.

Mathematically it can expressed as

$P_{total} = P_{1} + P_{2} + P_{3} . . . . . . . .+P_{n}$

Here, $P_{1} , P_{2} , P_{n}$ are represent the partial pressures of each compound.