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Ch.10 - Gases

Chapter 10, Problem 71

At an underwater depth of 250 ft, the pressure is 8.38 atm. What should the mole percent of oxygen be in the diving gas for the partial pressure of oxygen in the mixture to be 0.21 atm, the same as in air at 1 atm?

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Hi everyone. So here we have the pressure of a gas mixture, which is 8.923 pascal. If the mole fraction for Xenon gas is 0.38 or asked what is the partial pressure of Xenon gas? Recall that the pressure pressure? It was a total pressure more fraction of a gas. So for Zenon, we're gonna have the partial pressure of xenon instead of total pressure. The more fraction of xenon the pressure pressure, We have 8.9-3 pascal Time. Did this give us 3.4 pascal the pressure pressure of xenon gas. Thanks for watching my video and I hope it was helpful.