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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

whatis henry”s law

Profile image of vikas choudhary
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Sumit Majumdar
12 Years ago
Dear student,
At a constant temperature, the amount of a given gas that dissolves in a given type and volume of liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of that gas in equilibrium with that liquid." An equivalent way of stating the law is that the solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the liquid.

To explain this law, Henry derived the equation:

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Sumit