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Discover LudwigThe phrase "partial pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in scientific contexts, particularly in chemistry and physics, to describe the pressure exerted by a single component of a mixture of gases.
Example: "In a mixture of gases, the total pressure is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each gas present."
Alternatives: "individual gas pressure" or "component pressure".
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partial pressure
noun
The pressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure.
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P = Raverageghted average partial pressure, kilopascals.
Potassium partial pressure was determined.
It measures the oxygen partial pressure (and nothing else!).
Partial pressure of A is total pressure minus p inert.
In partitioning, gas molecules move from a phase of high partial pressure to an adjacent phase of low partial pressure.
ratio and the CO partial pressure.
Carbon dioxide enters blood in the tissues because its local partial pressure is greater than its partial pressure in blood flowing through the tissues.
Such that the sum of the partial pressure of the inert gas, plus the partial pressure of A, is the total pressure.
Some partial pressure, p sub A, temperature T. And I'm going to have the inert gas, with some partial pressure p, inert.
Penetrant partial pressure.
carbon dioxide partial pressure.
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