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John Dalton created Daltons law of partial pressures, among other things. He researched the atomic theory, and color blindness. He was born into a quaker family and published more than 200,000 lunar observations. He was born in 1766 and died in 1844.

His law simply states that Ptot=P1+P2+ect...

this means that the sum of all the pressures is equal to all the pressures added together.

1 atmosphere is equal to 760 mmhg, so if some gas in a water container is exerting 10 mmhg, and the ptot is 760, than the water must be 750. Easy right?

760=10+? 760-10=? 750=?

Very easy, his law is important, but not all that deep.

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