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Gay Lussac Law2006
Gay Lussac Law2006
Gay Lussac Law2006
(And a few
other topics.)
Gay-Lussac was a balloonist.
Gay-Lussac (1778-1850)
T (K)
Gay-Lussac’s Law
Describes relationship between pressure &
temperature at constant volume & amount.
P = kT or P/T = k
P 1V 1 = P 2V 2
T1 T2
Ptot = P1 + P2 + P3 + P4 + … Pn
Dalton’s Law Problems
Given a mixture of 200 torr of He, 500 torr
of N2, and 150 torr of Ne, what is the total
pressure?
Dalton’s Law Problems
A mixture of O2, CO2, and N2 has a total
pressure of 1800 torr. The partial pressure
of the O2 is 380 torr and the partial pressure
of the CO2 is 960 torr. What is the partial
pressure of the N2?