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Find the partial pressure of A if the total pressure is 2 atm; Concentration of A is 2 mol/cu.m and total concentration is 5 mol/cu.m.

(a) 0.2 atm

(b) 0.4 atm

(c) 0.6 atm

(d) 0.8 atm

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This intriguing question originated from Molecular Diffusion in Gas topic in portion Diffusion in Solids and Molecular Diffusion in Fluids of Mass Transfer

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Right answer is (d) 0.8 atm

The best I can explain: yA= 2/5 = 0.4

                   pA = 0.4 x 2 = 0.8 atm.

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