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Ideal Gas Law Extra Practice CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
Ideal Gas Law Extra Practice CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
2. A mixture of nitrogen and neon gases contains equal moles of each gas and has
a total mass of 10.0 g. What is the density of this gas mixture at 500 K and 15.0
atm? Assume ideal gas behavior.
3. Three 1.00 L flasks at 25.0 °C and 1013 hPa pressure contain: CH 4 (flask A),
CO2 (flask B) and NH3 (flask C). Which flask (or none) contains 0.041 mol of
gas?
4. What is height (in mm) of a column of ethanol if the pressure at the base of the
column is 1.50 atm? (The density of Hg is 13.534 g/cm 3 and ethanol is 0.789
g/cm3.)
5. What is height (in mm) of a column of methane if the pressure at the base of
the column is 1.50 atm? (The density of Hg is 13.534 g/cm 3 and methane is
0.717 kg/m3.)
b. What is the final pressure of water vapor in the room when the humidifier
has vaporized two-thirds of its water supply?
a. How many milligrams of iodine will sublime into an evacuated 1.00 L flask?
9. 20.0 g each of helium and an unknown diatomic gas are combined in a 1500.
mL container. If the temperature is 298 K, and the pressure inside is 86.11 atm,
what is the unknown gas?
Answer KEY
1. Solution:
x = 98.4045 kPa
x = 94.1648 kPa
2. Solution:
28x + 20y = 10
2) However x = y, therefore:
48x = 10
d) P (MM) / RT = g/V
Comment: using 28.014 and 20.18 rather than 28 and 20 (and carrying some guard digits) should refine the value a bit better. The book answer to
this problem is 8.81 g/L
3. Solution:
(a) All three flasks are at equal pressures (by the way, 1013 hPa is not usually seen. It is the same as 101.3 kPa, which is 1 atmosphere).
The above satisfies Avogaro's Hypothesis: equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of pressure and temperature, contain equal number
of molecules.
Therefore, all three flasks either all contain 0.041 mol or none does. We will check flask A, using PV = nRT:
n = 0.0409 mol
4. Solution:
x = 19,555 mmC2H5OH
5. Solution:
x = 2.15 x 107 mmCH4
6. Solution:
V = nRT / P
V = 704.44 L
7. Solution to part a:
1) Determine the mass of water vapor in the room (when saturated with water vapor):
PV = nRT; ⇒ n = PV/RT
n = 43.11373 mol (I kept all the digits on my calculator. I skipped the units on R.)
One US gallon equals 3.78541178 L; ⇒ 3.00 gal = 11.35623534 L (We'll use 11.356 L)
The humidifier has sufficient capacity to saturate the room to the vapor pressure of water at 22.0 °C.
7. Solution to part b:
PV = nRT; ⇒ P = nRT/V
8. Solution to part a:
PV = nRT; ⇒ n = PV/RT
n = 2.46603 x 10¯5 mol
8. Solution to part b:
2) Determine pressure:
PV = nRT; ⇒ P = nRT/V
8. Solution to part c:
The pressure would be 0.466 mmHg. Remember that vapor pressure is an equilibrium process. At 0.466 mmHg there would be established an
equilibrium between I2(s) and I2(g). There would be 3.74 mg of solid I2 remaining in the flask.
9. Solution:
PV = nRT ⇒ P = nRT / V
x = 81.513 atm
Comment: the 5.00 comes from 20.0 g / 4.00 g/mol. The 4.00 g/mol is the atomic weight of He.
PV = nRT ⇒ n = PV / RT
x = 0.282 mol