henry's law

In chemistry, Henry's law is one of the gas laws. It states that the mass of a gas that dissolves in a definite volume of liquid is directly proportional to the pressure of the gas provided the gas does not react with the solvent. William Henry first formulated the law in 1801. A formula for Henry's Law is:

e^P = e^{kC}

where P is the partial pressure of the gaseous solute above the solution, C is the concentration of the gas in mol/L and k is the Henry's Law constant, which has the units L*atm/mol. Taking the natural logarithm of the formula, gives us the more commonly used formula:

P = kC

This version is used to showcase the effectiveness of the law for dilute solutions of gases that don't react with the solvent. Some values for k include:

O₂ : 4.34×10⁴ atm
CO₂ : 1.64×10³ atm
H₂ : 7.04×10⁴ atm

when these gases are dissolved in water at 299 Kelvins

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