Dalton's law: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (Added mixtures category) |
m (Slight tidy.) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
Dalton's law | '''Dalton's law''' establishes that the partial pressure of a gas <math>i</math> in a ideal mixture of gases at pressure <math>P</math> is: | ||
:<math> P_i = X_i \, P </math> | :<math> P_i = X_i \, P </math> | ||
where <math>X_i</math> is the [[molar fraction]] of a gas <math>i</math>. | where <math>X_i</math> is the [[molar fraction]] of a gas <math>i</math>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
[[category: classical thermodynamics]] | [[category: classical thermodynamics]] | ||
[[category: mixtures]] | [[category: mixtures]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:17, 19 February 2009
Dalton's law establishes that the partial pressure of a gas in a ideal mixture of gases at pressure is:
where is the molar fraction of a gas .
