If the pressure is 0.7*atm, what length of mercury column will this pressure support?

1 Answer
Jul 4, 2017

Approx. 532*mm*Hg..........

Explanation:

"One atmosphere" will support a column of mercury that is 760*mm*Hg..........And thus a column of mercury is a good visual measure of the pressure of a quantity of gas.......

And so 0.7*cancel(atm)xx760*mm*Hg*cancel(atm^-1)=??*mm*Hg.