Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

BatStateU Alangilan
Alangilan Batangas City
College of Engineering, Architecture & Fine Arts
www.batstate-u.edu.ph Tel. No. (043) 425-0139 loc. 118

Chemical and Food Engineering Department

Instructions: Solve the following problems which covers topics from Lecture 2-4, Gas Laws, Kinetic Molecular Theory,
and Real Gases, respectively. Kindly box final answers for each stated question in the given problem. Deadline of
submission is on March 25, 2022 strictly until 12:00PM only. Each given problem weighs 5pts each.

Note: No necessary format of final output as long as PRESENTED CLEARLY FROM WHAT IS GIVEN AND
REQUIRED IN THE PROBLEM TO A DETAILED SOLUTION.
I. GAS LAWS

1. A 0.200-dm3 sample of H2 is collected over water at a temperature of 298.15 K and at a pressure

of 99.99 kPa. What is the pressure of hydrogen in the dry state at 298.15 K? The vapor pressure of
water at 298.15 K is 3.17 kPa.

2. The volume of a vacuum manifold used to transfer gases is calibrated using Boyle’s law. A 0.251
dm3 flask at a pressure of 697 Torr is attached, and after system pump down, the manifold is at 10.4
mTorr. The stopcock between the manifold and flask is opened and the system reaches an
equilibrium pressure of 287 Torr. Assuming isothermal conditions, what is the volume of the
manifold?

3. Balloons now are used to move huge trees from their cutting place on mountain slopes to
conventional transportation. Calculate the volume of a balloon needed if it is desired to have a
lifting force of 1000 kg when the temperature is 290 K at 0.940 atm. The balloon is to be filled with
helium. Assume that air is 80 mol % N2 and 20 mol % O2. Ignore the mass of the superstructure
and propulsion engines of the balloon

II. KINETIC MOLECULAR THEORY

1. Calculate the mean free path of Ar at 20 °C and 1.00 bar. The collision diameter, d = 3.84×10–10
m.

2. What is the mean speed, K, of N2 molecules in air at 25°C?

3. At what pressure does the mean free path of argon at 25°C become comparable to the diameters of
the atoms themselves? Note: Cross-sectional Area for Argon is 0.36 nm2 when the Cross-
sectional Area = d2π

4. At an altitude of 15 km the temperature is 217 K and the pressure 12.1 kPa. What is the mean free
path of N2 molecules? Note: Cross-sectional Area for Nitrogen is 0.43 nm2 when the Cross-
sectional Area = d2π

III. REAL GAS

1. A gas obeys the Van der Waals equation with Pc = 3.040 x 106 Pa and Tc = 473 K. Calculate the
value of the Van der Waals constant b for this gas.

2. Ethylene (C2H4) has a critical pressure of Pc = 61.659 atm and a critical temperature of Tc = 308.6
K. Calculate the molar volume of the gas at T = 97.2 °C and 90.0 atm. Compare the value so found
with that calculated from the ideal gas equation.

3. A particular mass of N2 occupies a volume of 1.00 L at -50℃ and 800 bar. Determine the volume
occupied by the same mass of N2 at 100℃ and 200 bar using the compressibility factor for N2. At
-50℃ and 800 bar, it is 1.95; at 100℃ and 200 bar, it is 1.10. Compare this value to that obtained
from the ideal gas law.