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Thanks for your answer. I guess I'm thinking about this correctly then. I have another question that's a little deeper I think. It's always seemed strange to me that molecules in a situation like this apparently make a distinction between themselves and molecules of a different compound...

So, the "for engineers" courses aren't dumbed down for us practical-minded engineers like I always thought? :smile:

There is a device called a Fizz Keeper that attaches to carbonated beverage bottles and is supposed to keep them from going flat after they are opened by pressurizing them with air. Dalton's law and Henry's law have been used to debunk the device as ineffective. The argument against the...