What’s on the Partial Pressures poster
The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes.
- The partial pressure of a gas is its mole fraction multiplied by the total pressure.
- p(A) = x(A) × P total · x(A) = n(A) ÷ n total
- 2 mol A, 3 mol B, 5 atm total = p(A) = 2 atm, p(B) = 3 atm
- Sum of partial pressures = Equals total pressure
- Kp for N₂+3H₂ ⇌ 2NH₃ = p(NH₃)² ÷ (p(N₂) × p(H₂)³)
- Common mistake: Using initial moles in the Kp expression → Using equilibrium moles
Set up an ICE table for every equilibrium calculation. Skipping it is where most marks are lost.
Questions about the Partial Pressures poster
- What’s on the Partial Pressures poster?
- The rule, 3 worked examples, and the mistake everyone makes. The partial pressure of a gas is its mole fraction multiplied by the total pressure.; p(A) = x(A) × P total · x(A) = n(A) ÷ n total; 2 mol A, 3 mol B, 5 atm total = p(A) = 2 atm, p(B) = 3 atm; Sum of partial pressures = Equals total pressure; Kp for N₂+3H₂ ⇌ 2NH₃ = p(NH₃)² ÷ (p(N₂) × p(H₂)³); Common mistake: Using initial moles in the Kp expression → Using equilibrium moles. Set up an ICE table for every equilibrium calculation. Skipping it is where most marks are lost.
- Who is the Partial Pressures poster for?
- Partial Pressures belongs to the Chemistry section rather than to a school year, because physical science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning physical chemistry can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Partial Pressures poster?
- Partial pressure is mole fraction times total pressure. Everything follows from that. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Partial Pressures belongs on the wall where that physical science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Partial Pressures?
- Kc and Kp, Born-Haber Cycles and Equilibrium sit alongside Partial Pressures in the Chemistry section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Kc and KpBorn-Haber CyclesEquilibrium
- Is the Partial Pressures poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Partial Pressures downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Chemistry section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Partial Pressures poster print at?
- Partial Pressures is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Partial Pressures loses nothing.Printing guide
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