What Partial Pressure of Oxygen Gas Is Required in Order

question 69

Multiple Choice

What partial pressure of oxygen gas is required in order for 0.00284 g of the gas to dissolve in 15.9 mL of pure water? The Henry's law constant for oxygen gas is 1.3 × 10^-3 M atm^-1.

• A) 2.3 × 10^-7 atm
• B) 4.3 × 10⁰ atm
• C) 1.2 × 10^-7 atm
• D) 2.3 × 10^-1 atm
• E) 4.2 × 10^-2 atm

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