Gas mixture pressure from partial pressures

The pressure of a mixture of gases is equal to the sum of their partial pressures. Partial pressure of a gas is the pressure that the gas would exert on the walls of a vessel when it is the only gas present in the vessel.

Links:

  1. Wikipedia.

total_pressure

Total pressure inside the system.

Symbol:

p

partial_pressure

Partial pressure of the \(i\)-th gas component.

Symbol:

p_i

Latex:

\(p_i\)

law

p = Sum(p_i, i)

Latex:
\[p = \sum_i p_i\]