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A balloon contains 2.0 mol H2, 2.0mol N2 and 6.0 mol He at 273.15K. If the balloon floats at a location where air pressure is 0.78atm, what is the partial pressure of N2 PN2 (unit: Torr)? Please write your answer with 2 decimals, as 200.23
no of moles of H2 nH2 = 2
no of moles of N2 nN2 = 2
no of moles of He nHe = 6
total no of moles = nH2 + nN2 + nHe
= 2+2+6 = 10
mole fraction of N2 Xn2 = nN2/nH2 + nN2 + nH2
= 2/2+2 +6 = 2/10 = 0.2
partial pressure of N2 PN2 = XN2 * total pressure
= 0.2* 0.78 = 0.16atm