The pressure and temperature of two different gases are P and T with volume V for each. If they are mixed, keeping the same volume and temperature, the pressure of the mixture will be:
P/2
P
2P
4P
According to the Ideal Gas Equation, . Let the number of moles of the first gas be and the second gas be . When mixed in the same volume and at the same temperature , the total number of moles is . The pressure of the mixture is . Alternatively, according to Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, the total pressure is the sum of the individual partial pressures exerted by the gases . Since V and T are constant, each gas exerts a partial pressure P, so .
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