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A sample of gas contains 4.44 moles of oxygen, 1.35 moles of nitrogen, and 1.13 moles of carbon dioxide. If the total pressure is 4.14 atm, what is the partial pressure of the oxygen in atm?
no of moles of O2 nO2 = 4.44 moles
no of moles of N2 nN2 = 1.35 moles
no of moles of CO2 nCo2 = 1.13 moles
mole fraction of XO2 = nO2 /nO2 + nN2 + nCo2
= 4.44/4.44+1.35+1.13
= 4.44/6.92 = 0.64
partial pressure of O2 PO2 = XO2 *PT
= 0.64*4.14 = 2.6496atm