A cylinder contains helium at 2.5 atmosphere pressure. Another identical cylinder contains argon at 1.5 atmosphere pressure at the same temperature. If both the gases are filled in any one of the cylinders, the pressure of the mixture will be :

1.5 atm

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2.5 atm

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4 atm

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The correct option is C 4 atm
Dalton's lawstates that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases. Thus we get the final pressure as 2.5+1.5=4 atm

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A cylinder contains helium at 2.5 atmosphere pressure. Another identical cylinder contains argon at 1.5 atmosphere pressure at the same temperature. If both the gases are filled in any one of the cylinders, the pressure of the mixture will be :

The correct option is C 4 atmDalton's lawstates that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases. Thus we get the final pressure as 2.5+1.5=4 atm

The correct option is C 4 atm
Dalton's lawstates that in a mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of the individual gases. Thus we get the final pressure as 2.5+1.5=4 atm