An open-end manometer is a device used to measure the gas pressure of a sample of gas. Its operation is built on the idea that gases push. And they can push with enough force to move a column of mercury along a U-tube. An open-end manometer is one in which one end of the U-tube is open to the surrounding atmosphere, allowing the atmospheric gases to push on one side of the mercury column while the gas sample pushes on the opposite end.
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The diagram shows an open-end manometer being used to measure the pressure of a gas sample. The atmospheric pressure is 745 mm Hg. There is a height difference of 215 mm on the opposite sides of the U-tube, with the level being higher on the open-end side (i.e., the atmosphere's side).
Use this information to determine the pressure (in mm Hg) of the gas sample.