Question

When a gas is collected over water, the partial pressure of water must be subtracted from the total pressure. If the total pressure was 761 mmHg and the pressure for water is 17.2 torr, what is the pressure due to the gas collected

Answer 1

Answer is: the partial pressure of the hydrogen 500 mmHg.

p(total) = 523.8 mmHg.

p(water) = 23.8 mmHg.

p(total) = m(water) + p(hydrogen).

p(hydrogen) = p(total) - p(water)..

p(hydrogen) = 523.8 mmHg - 23.8 mmHg.

p(hydrogen) = 500 mmHg.

mmHg or millimeter of mercury is a manometric unit of pressure.