Question

What’s the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in a container that holds 5 moles of carbon dioxide, 3 moles of nitrogen, and 1 mole of hydrogen and has a total pressure of 1.05 atm?

Answer 1

Answer:p

(

CO

2

)

=

0.58

atm

Explanation:

p

(

CO

2

)

=

Total pressure

⋅

Mole fraction of CO

2

=

1.05

⋅

5

5

+

3

+

1

=

1.05

⋅

5

9

=

0.58

atm

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Partial pressure of carbon dioxide = 0.58 atm

Explanation:

Partial pressure of CO2 = total pressure . mole fraction

                                        = 1.05 . 5/5+3+1

                                        = 0.58 atm

∴ Partial pressure of CO2 is 0.58 atm