"Pressure exerted by saturated water vapour is called aqueous tension". What correction term will you apply to the total pressure to obtain the pressure of dry gas?

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If the pressure $^{'} P^{'}$ of moist gas is given at temperature $T$ , then to get the pressure of dry gas, the correction term which needs to be applied to the total pressure to obtain a pressure of dry gas is
$P_{D r y g a s} = P_{T o t a l}$ - $A q u e o u s$ $T e n s i o n$

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"Pressure exerted by saturated water vapour is called aqueous tension". What correction term will you apply to the total pressure to obtain the pressure of dry gas?

If the pressure ′P′ of moist gas is given at temperature T, then to get the pressure of dry gas, the correction term which needs to be applied to the total pressure to obtain a pressure of dry gas is PDrygas=PTotal - Aqueous Tension

If the pressure $^{'} P^{'}$ of moist gas is given at temperature $T$ , then to get the pressure of dry gas, the correction term which needs to be applied to the total pressure to obtain a pressure of dry gas is
$P_{D r y g a s} = P_{T o t a l}$ - $A q u e o u s$ $T e n s i o n$