Boyles Law

1. A balloon with a volume of 2.0 L is filled with a gas at 3 atmospheres.

If the pressure is reduced to 0.5 atmospheres without a change in
temperature, what would be the volume of the balloon?
Vf = (2.0 L)(3 atm)/(0.5 atm)
= 6 L/0.5
Vf = 12 L
2. 2.00 L of a gas is at 740.0 mmHg pressure. What is its volume at
standard pressure?
(740.0 mmHg) (2.00 L) =(760.0 mmHg) (x)
x= 1.95 L
3. 5.00 L of a gas is at 1.08 atm. What pressure is obtained when the
volume is 10.0 L?
(1.08 atm) (5.00 L) =(x) (10.0 L)
X= 0.54
4. 2.50 L of a gas was at an unknown pressure. However, at standard
pressure, its volume was determined to be 8.00 L. What was the
unknown pressure?
(x) (2.50 L) = (101.325 kPa) (8.00 L)
X= 324.240
5. 10.0 L of a gas is at 1.00 mmHg pressure. What is its volume at
standard pressure?
(10.0mmHg)(1.00 L)=(760.0mmHg) (x)
x= 0.01 L
6. A sample of helium gas at 25C is compressed from 200 cm
3
to 0.240
cm
3
. Its pressure is now 3.00 cm Hg. What was the original pressure
of the helium?
3.60x 10
-3
Hg x 10mm/1 cm = 3.60 x 10
-2
mm Hg
3.60x 10
-3
Hg x 1 atm/76.0 cm Hg = 4.74 x 10
-5
atm

7. If a scuba tank that has a capacity of 10.0 dm
3
is filled with air to
500.0 KPa, what will be the volume of the air at 702.6 kPa?
V2 = [10.0 dm
3
][500.0KPa] = 7.11 dm
3

[702.6KPa]
8. It is hard to begin inflating a balloon. A pressure of 800.0 Kpa is
required to initially inflate the balloon 225.0 mL. What is the final
pressure when the balloon has reached it's capacity of 1.2 L?
P2 = [0.225L][800.0 KPa] = 150 KPa
[1.2 L]
9. The volume of the lungs is measured by the volume of air inhaled or
exhaled. If the volume of the lungs is 2.400 L during exhalation and
the pressure is 101.70 KPa, and the pressure during inhalation is
101.01 KPa, what is the volume of the lungs during inhalation?
V2 = [2.400L][101.70KPa] = 2.412L
[101.01KPa]
10. If a piston compresses the air in the cylinder to 1/8 it's total volume
and the volume is 930 cm
3
at STP, what is the pressure after the gas
is compressed?
V2 = [930cm
3
][101.3 KPa] = 810 KPa
[930/8cm
3
]