What is the partial pressure of oxygen?

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anor277
Aug 13, 2016

In the atmosphere?

Explanation:

At sea level, since dioxygen 21% of the the atmosphere, the partial pressure of dioxygen is 0.21xx1*atm=0.21*atm. What is the partial pressure of dinitrogen if dinitrogen constitutes 79% of the atmosphere?

Note that, as here and as always, the total pressure is the sum of the individual partial pressures: here 1*atm=(0.21+0.79)*atm as required.

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