Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 8 - Section 8.7 - Partial Pressure (Dalton's Law) - Understanding the Concepts - Page 278: 8.55b

Answer

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When there is no change in temperature and volume, pressure is determined by number of particles in the gas. The gas with highest number of particles will have the highest pressure as the colliding of particles on the walls of the container are more. In this case, gas sample represented by diagram 1 has the highest number of particles and hence the highest pressure.
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