Answer to Question #133228 in General Chemistry for Isabella Delgado

Question

Consider a mixture of equal masses of chlorine and bromine gases. Which gas exerts a greater partial pressure? By what factor?

Type the name of the gas that exerts a greater partial pressure:
Cl


By what factor? (enter to two decimal places)
2.24
times greater

Answer 1

Daltons law of partial pressure states that the pressure exerted a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of the partial pressure of each individual gas

Chlorine exerts the highest partial pressure at a certain temperature.

Chlorine gas exerts a partial pressure of 2.24 times greater than Bromine gas.