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Ideal Gas Law2
Ideal Gas Law2
1. Objectives
a. To outline concept of basic ideal gas law and its applications
2. Topic Learning Outcomes: After the completion of the class the students will able to:
a. Explain basic ideal gas law and its applications
b. Calculate volume, temperature, pressure, number of moles and universal gas constant if any two
values are given
3. Teaching Methodology
a. Chalk & Talk /PPT Mode
4. Applications
When substances exist in the gaseous state two general types of problems arise in determining the
relationships among mass, pressure, temperature and volume. The first type involves only the last
three variables: pressure, temperature and volume. For example, a specified volume of gas is initially
at a specified temperature and pressure. The conditions are changed, two of the variables in the final
state being specified, and it is desired to calculate the third. For such calculations it is not required to
know the weight of the gas. The second, more general type of problem involves the weight of the gas.
5. Evocation
A specified weight of substances exists in the gaseous state under conditions two of which are
specified and the third is to be calculated. Or, conversely, it is desired to calculate the weight of a
given quantity of gas existing at specified conditions of temperature, pressure, and volume.
Problems of the first type, in which weights are not involved, may be readily solved by
means of the proportionality indicated by the gas law.
Equation
pv = nRT (1)
may be applied to n moles of gas at conditions p1, V1, T1 and also at conditions p2, V2, T2.
p1V1 = nRT1
p2V2 = nRT2
combining gives:
p1V1 T1
(2)
p 2V2 T2
This equation may be
applied directly to any quantity of gas. If
the three conditions of state 1 are known,
any one of those of state 2 may be
calculated to correspond to specified
values of the other two. Any units of
pressure, volume or absolute temperature
may be used, the only requirement being
or
VA = NAV (12)
Equation 12 signifies that, where the ideal-gas law may be applied, the pure component
volume of a component of a gaseous mixtures equal to the product of the total volume and the
8. Readings:
1. Hougen, Olaf A., and Kenneth M. Watson. "Chemical Process Principles-Part 1: Material
and Energy Blances." (1948).
2. Himmelblau, David Mautner, and James B. Riggs. Basic principles and calculations in
chemical engineering. FT Press, 2012.