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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

the vapour pressure of benzene ,toulene and xylene are 75torr ,22torr and 10 torr at 20degree vapour pressure of an equimolar binar/tertiary of these at 20 degree all solutions are ideal

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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7 Years ago
dear student,
In case of equimolar tertiary mixture the partial pressure of each gas will be 1/3 of the total pressure exerted by all the three gases.
In case of equimolar binary mixture the partial pressure of each gas will be ½ of the total pressure exerted by the mixture of gases.