UNIT – 3: LEARNING OUTCOMES

GASES – PART 1

Gas Laws – Stoichiometry

 State some specific properties of gases that distinguish them from

liquids and solids.
 State the elements that are gases at room temperature.
 Define what pressure is in general and explain how gases exert pressure.
 Knowing the conversion factor, be able to express pressure in different
units: Pa, atm, torr, mm Hg.
 State, explain, graph, and carry calculations on the various gas laws
(Byle’s Law, Charle’s Law, and Avogardo’s Law) .
 Explain the meaning of the absolute zero.
 Do temperature conversions between degree Celsius and Kelvin.
 State what standard conditions represent.
 Know the value for the standard molar volume of an ideal gas.
 State, explain, and carry calculations using the ideal gas equation.
 State, explain, and carry calculation using the combined gas law
equation.
 Relate the density of a gas to its, P, T and molar mass and do
corresponding calculations.
 State and explain Dalton’s Law and apply it to calculate the total
pressure of a mixture of gases given the partial pressures.
 Explain what the term mole fraction means.
 Be able to calculate the partial pressure of gas in a mixture given the
total pressure and the composition of the sample.
 Be able to calculate the composition of a gas mixture using total
pressure and partial pressures.
 Use percent composition of a pure gas to calculate its empirical formula.
 Explain what empirical formula is, what a molecular formula is, and
how the two relate to each other.
 Explain the terms empirical weight and molecular weight and the
relation between them.
 Explain the term vapor pressure and explain why it changes with
temperature.
 Be able to calculate the pressure of a gas collected over water given the
vapor pressure of water at the experiment temperature and the
barometric pressure.
 Be able to use data from a gas collected over water to calculate volume,
mass or molar mass of the collected gas.
 Explain why in chemical reactions of gases under same conditions
volume ratios are the same as mole ratios.
 Be able to solve stoichiometry type problems involving gases including
limiting reagent problems and percent yield.