Which state of matter takes on the shape of a container?

1 Answer
Dec 15, 2016

"Does a solid?" "Nope". "Does a liquid?" "Not totally."

Explanation:

"But does a gas?"

Yes indeed they does. And "Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures" states that in a gaseous mixture, the pressure exerted by a component gas, is the same pressure it would exert if it ALONE occupied the container. Partial pressures of component gases thus add together to give the total pressure.