Dal|ton's law

Dal|ton's law
Dal|ton's law «DL tuhnz»,
the law that in a mixture of gases which do not enter into chemical reaction but are in equilibrium, the total pressure is the same as the sum of the pressures which would be exerted by each individually if the others were not present.
[< John Dalton; see etym. under dalton (Cf.dalton)]

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