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Partial pressure Definition:

  • Partial pressure is simply the pressure exerted by a particular gas in a mixture of gases.

    Campbell Biology by J.B. Reece, L.A. Urry, M.L. Cain, S.A. Wasserman, P.V. Minorsky, R.B. Jackson



Partial pressure Notes:

In a mixture of gases, each constituent gas has a partial pressure which is the notional pressure of that constituent gas if it alone occupied the entire volume of the original mixture at the same temperature. The partial pressure of a gas is a measure of thermodynamic activity of the gas's molecules. Gases dissolve, diffuse, and react according to their partial pressures, and not according to their concentrations in gas mixtures or liquids. The total pressure of an ideal gas mixture is the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture.

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