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Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures
Chemistry · 1801
- Equation
- p = p₁ + p₂ + ⋯
- Field
- Chemistry
- Named After
- John Dalton
- Symbols
- p total pressure of the mixture · p₁, p₂, … partial pressure each gas would exert alone
- Year
- 1801
Significance
Gases in a mixture ignore each other: each contributes its own pressure independently. How divers compute oxygen dose and how the atmosphere's 21% oxygen is meant.
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