How Does the Concentration Ratio of Nitrogen to Hydrogen Change with Altitude?

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I was trying to solve a problem from Irodov book that asked how the concentration ratio of nytrogen and hydrogen varies with the altitude (initial ratio = n0), considering the temperature to be constant.

If there was only one gas,

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dP = -dm g/A
dP = -dV ρ g/A
dP = -dh ρ g
dP = -dh PMg/RT
dP/P = -Mg/RT dh
P = P0e-hMg/RT

Where:
P0 is initial pressure
M is molar mass
ρ is density

But how would it work for 2 different gases?
 
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haruspex said:
Dalton's Law? Could it be that simple?


Thanks haruspex, I had completely forgot the Dalton's Law :'(
Don't know where my head was