Ideal Gas Law

AP Chemistry· difficulty 3/5

Dalton's law of partial pressures says that for a mixture of non-reacting gases,

A
$Total pressure equals the sum of the partial pressures of each gas$
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B
$Pressure is independent of composition$
C
$All gases have the same pressure$
D
$Heavier gases dominate the pressure$

Explanation

P_total = P_A + P_B + P_C + ... Each gas behaves as if alone in the container.

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