A akimhaneul Full Member 7+ Year Member Joined Dec 2, 2015 Messages 438 Reaction score 23 Jun 7, 2016 #1 Members do not see this ad. Can anyone help me with the parts per million calculation? Thanks! They said the answer is D. Attachments Screen Shot 2016-06-07 at 6.59.56 PM.png 36.3 KB · Views: 75
Members do not see this ad. Can anyone help me with the parts per million calculation? Thanks! They said the answer is D.
theonlytycrane Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Mar 23, 2014 Messages 2,127 Reaction score 2,276 Jun 8, 2016 #2 Cy stands for parts per million. So let's just say it's some number like Cy = 8. That means in 10^6 parts of something, 8 of those parts are y. To get the fraction (representing how much y there is in the total amount of stuff) we divide Cy / 10^6. To get Py (partial pressure), we multiply the fraction by the total pressure Ptot. Upvote 0 Downvote
Cy stands for parts per million. So let's just say it's some number like Cy = 8. That means in 10^6 parts of something, 8 of those parts are y. To get the fraction (representing how much y there is in the total amount of stuff) we divide Cy / 10^6. To get Py (partial pressure), we multiply the fraction by the total pressure Ptot.