Definition of Dalton's law of partial pressures
1. Noun. (chemistry and physics) law stating that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases equals the sum of the partial pressures of the gases in the mixture; the pressure of a gas in a mixture equals the pressure it would exert if it occupied the same volume alone at the same temperature.
Generic synonyms: Law, Law Of Nature
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Physics
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Literary usage of Dalton's law of partial pressures
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1. Heating and Ventilation by John Robins Allen, James Herbert Walker (1922)
"... thoroughly understood is that of Dalton,s law of partial pressures. According to
this law, in any mechanical mixture of gases, each gas has a partial ..."
2. Introduction to Physical Chemistry by James Walker (1907)
"1 According to Dalton-s law of partial pressures, the total pressure of a mixture
of gases is equal to the sum of the pressures which the different gases ..."
3. The Blast Furnace and the Manufacture of Pig Iron: An Elementary Treatise by Robert Forsythe (1913)
"This is a natural consequence of Dalton,s Law of Partial Pressures,,which states
that in any volume of mixed gases each gas acts independently of every ..."
4. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1890)
"... mixed, 165 Cyanogen, formation at high temperatures, 313 Cycles, reversible,
246 DALTON-S law of partial pressures, 120 Dehydration of salts, ..."
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