PROBLEM SET – GASES

WRITE AND SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IN YOUR LECTURE ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK.

TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER THE MIDTERM EXAM.

1) A sample of nitrogen gas kept in a container of volume 2.3 L and at a temperature of 32°C exerts a
pressure of 4.7 atm. Calculate the number of moles of gas present.

2) Given that 6.9 moles of carbon monoxide gas are present in a container of volume 30.4 L, what is the
pressure of the gas (in atm) if the temperature is 62°C

3) What volume will 5.6 moles of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas occupy if the temperature and pressure
of the gas are 128°C and 9.4 atm?

4) A certain amount of gas at 25°C and at a pressure of 0.800 atm is contained in a glass vessel.
Suppose that the vessel can withstand a pressure of 2.00 atm. How high can you raise the temperature
of the gas without bursting the vessel?

5) A gas-filled balloon having a volume of 2.50 L at 1.2 atm and 25°C is allowed to rise to the
stratosphere (about 30 km above the surface of Earth), where the temperature and pressure are -
23°C and 3.00x10-3 atm, respectively. Calculate the final volume of the balloon.

6) The temperature of 2.5 L of a gas initially at STP is increased to 250°C at constant volume. Calculate
the final pressure of the gas in atm.

7) The pressure of 6.0 L of an ideal gas in a flexible container is decreased to one-third of its original
pressure, and its absolute temperature is decreased by one-half. What is the final volume of the gas?

8) A gas evolved during the fermentation of glucose (winemaking) has a volume of 0.78 L when
measured at 20.1°C and 1.00 atm. What was the volume of this gas at the fermentation temperature of
36.5°C and 1.00 atm pressure?

9) An ideal gas originally at 0.85 atm and 66°C was allowed to expand until its fi nal volume, pressure,
and temperature were 94 mL, 0.60 atm, and 45°C, respectively. What was its initial volume?

10) The volume of a gas at STP is 488 mL. Calculate its volume at 32.5 atm and 250°C.

11) A gas at 772 mmHg and 35.0°C occupies a volume of 6.85 L. Calculate its volume at STP.

12) Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. A 0.050-g sample of dry ice is placed in an evacuated 4.6-L vessel at
30°C. Calculate the pressure inside the vessel after all the dry ice has been converted to CO2 gas.

13) A volume of 0.280 L of a gas at STP weighs 0.400 g. Calculate the molar mass of the gas.

14) A quantity of gas weighing 7.10 g at 741 torr and 44°C occupies a volume of 5.40 L. What is its
molar mass?

15) The ozone molecules present in the stratosphere absorb much of the harmful radiation from the sun.
Typically, the temperature and pressure of ozone in the stratosphere are 250 K and 1.0x10 -3
atm, respectively. How many ozone molecules are present in 1.0 L of air under these conditions?

16) Assuming that air contains 78 percent N2, 21 percent O2, and 1 percent Ar, all by volume, how many
molecules of each type of gas are present in 1.0 L of air at STP?

17) A 2.10-L vessel contains 4.65 g of gas at 1.00 atm and 27.0°C. (a) Calculate the density of the gas
in grams per liter. (b) What is the molar mass of the gas?

18) Calculate the density of hydrogen bromide (HBr) gas in grams per liter at 733 mmHg and 46°C.