What is partial pressure? How is it represented?
(N/A) Partial pressure is the pressure contributed by an individual gas in a mixture of gases. It is represented by the letter $p$ followed by the chemical formula of the gas. For example,the partial pressure of oxygen is represented as $pO_{2}$ and the partial pressure of carbon dioxide is represented as $pCO_{2}$.
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