Daltons Law Of Partial Pressures

Real World Example

Imagine trying to carry a bunch of grocery bags from your car to your kitchen in one trip. Each bag represents a different item, like cereal, milk, or vegetables, and together they create the total weight you feel in your arms. Just like each bag adds its weight to the total load you're carrying, in Dalton's law, each gas in a mixture contributes its pressure to the total pressure, much like each bag contributes to the total weight of groceries.