pressure, \(p\)

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Normal force acting on a surface divided by the area of that surface. For a mixture of gases the contribution by each @C01281@ is called the @P04420@ \(p_{i}=x_{i}\ p\), where \(x_{i}\) is the @A00296@ of the \(i\)th @C01281@ and \(p\) is the total pressure.
Sources:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 12 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1996, 68, 957. (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 987 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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