In chemistry, “partial pressure” refers to the pressure that each gas in a gas mixture exerts against its surroundings, such as a sample flask, a diver’s air tank, or the boundary of an atmosphere. You can calculate the pressure of each gas in a mixture if you know how much of it there is, what volume it takes up, and its temperature. You can then add these partial pressures together to find the total pressure of the gas mixture, or, you can find the total pressure first and then find the partial pressures.
