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Gas Laws Problem Set (Edited)

1. The document provides 30 gas law problems involving calculations of volume, pressure, temperature, or moles of various gases under different conditions. 2. The problems cover concepts like how gas volume changes with pressure or temperature changes at constant conditions, as well as calculations involving moles, mass, and density of different gases. 3. Example problems include calculating the final volume of a balloon rising to lower pressure, determining final pressure when volume or temperature changes, and comparing effusion rates of different gases.

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Gas Laws Problem Set (Edited)

1. The document provides 30 gas law problems involving calculations of volume, pressure, temperature, or moles of various gases under different conditions. 2. The problems cover concepts like how gas volume changes with pressure or temperature changes at constant conditions, as well as calculations involving moles, mass, and density of different gases. 3. Example problems include calculating the final volume of a balloon rising to lower pressure, determining final pressure when volume or temperature changes, and comparing effusion rates of different gases.

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Gas Laws Problem Set

1. An inflated balloon has a volume of 0.57 L at sea level (1.0 atm) and is allowed to rise to a height
of 6.5 Km, where the pressure is about 0.30 atm. Assuming that the temperature remains
constant, what is the final volume of the balloon?
2. A sample of chlorine gas occupies a volume of 558 mL at a pressure of 762 mmHg. Calculate the
pressure of the gas if the volume is reduced at constant temperature to 127 mL.
3. A 542-mL sample of fluorine gas is heated from 21 0C to 148 0C at constant pressure. What is
the final volume?
4. A sample of carbon monoxide gas occupies 4.20 L at 125 0C. Calculate the temperature at which
the gas will occupy 0.74 L if the pressure remains constant.
5. Sulfur hexafluoride is a colorless, odourless, very unreactive gas. Calculate the pressure exerted
by 1.32 moles of the gas in a steel vessel of volume 5.45 L at 79.5 0C.
6. Calculate the volume in liters occupied by 2.14 moles of nitric oxide (NO) at 6.54 atm and 77 0C.
7. Calculate the volume in liters occupied by 4.70 g of CO2 at STP.
8. What is the volume in liters occupied by 98.4 g of HCl at STP?
9. A small bubble rises from the bottom of a lake, where the temperature and pressure are at 5 0C
and 6.5 atm, to the water’s surface, where the temperature is 27 0C and pressure is 0.98 atm.
Calculate the final volume of the bubble if its initial volume was 1.5 mL.
10. A gas initially at 4.0 L, 1.3 atm, and 67 0C undergoes a change so that its final volume and
temperature become 1.2 L and 42 0C. What is its final pressure? Assume the number of moles
remain unchanged.
11. Argon is an inert gas used in light bulbs to retard vaporization of the filament. A certain light
bulb contains argon at 1.30 atm and 18 0C, and is heated to 84 0C at constant volume. Calculate its
final pressure.
12. A sample of oxygen gas initially at 0.86 atm is cooled from 21 0C to – 64 0C at constant volume.
What is the final pressure?
13. Calculate the density of NH3 in grams per liter at 725 mmHg at 54 0C.
14. Calculate the volume of O2 gas at STP required for the complete combustion of 2.64 L acetylene
(C2H2) at STP.
2 C2H2 + 5 O2 → 4 CO2 + 2 H2O
15. Calculate the volume of CO2 produced at 35 0C and 1.00 atm when 4.50 g of glucose is used up in
the reaction.
C6H12O6 + 6 O2 → 6 CO2 + 6 H2O
16. A sample of chlorine gas occupies a volume of 496 mL at a pressure of 726 mmHg. Calculate the
a. pressure of the gas if the volume is reduced to 321 mL, at constant temperature.
17. A 642-mL sample of fluorine gas is heated from 27 0C to 215 0C at constant pressure. What is
its final volume?
18. A sample of gas occupies a volume of 375 mL at 22 0C and 1.35 atm. Calculate the volume at STP.
19. What is the volume in liters occupied by 49.8 grams of HCl at STP? R = 0.0821 L .atm/mol.K
H = 1.008, Cl = 35.45
20. What pressure is exerted by 8.50 grams CO2 in a 2.50- liter vessel at 40 0C ?
C = 12.01, O = 16.00
21. A gaseous solution contains CO2, H2O, He, and O2. If the partial pressures of each gas are
425 mmHg, 321 mmHg, 223 mmHg, and 432 mmHg, respectively. What is the total pressure
exerted by the solution?
22. How many molecules of ethane (C2H6) are in 22.5 L of the gas at STP?
23. It takes 14.5 mL/min for N2 to effuse through a pinhole. Under similar conditions, at what rate
will H2 effuse through the same hole? N = 14.01, H = 1.008
24. Compare the effusion rates of helium and molecular oxygen at the same temperature and
pressure.
25. A flammable gas made up only of carbon and hydrogen is generated by certain anaerobic
bacterium cultures in marshlands and areas where sewage drains. A pure sample of this gas was
found to effuse through a certain porous barrier in 1.50 min. Under identical conditions of
temperature and pressure, it takes equal volume of bromine gas 4.73 min to effuse through the
same barrier. Calculate the molar mass of the unknown gas, and suggest what this gas might be.
26. It takes 192 seconds for 1.4 L of unknown gas to effuse through a porous wall and 84 seconds
for the same volume of N2 to effuse at the same temperature and pressure. What is the molar
mass of the unknown gas?
27. A mixture of gases contains 5.46 moles of neon, 0.64 mole of argon, and 2.10 moles of xenon.
Calculate the partial pressures of the gases if the total pressure is 2.00 atm at a certain
temperature.
28. A sample of natural gas contains 8.25 moles of methane, 0.441 mole of ethane, and 0.112 mole of
propane. If the total pressure of the gases is 1.57 atm, what are the partial pressures of the
gases?
29. Sodium azide (NaN3) is used in some air bags in automobiles. The impact of a collision triggers
the decomposition of NaN3 as follows:
i. 2 NaN3 → 2 Na + 3 N2
The nitrogen produced quickly inflates the bag between the driver and the windshield. Calculate
the volume of N2 generated at 21 0C and 823 mmHg upon decomposition of 60.0 g of NaN 3.
30. Under identical conditions of temperature and pressure, list the following gases in order of
decreasing effusion rates: NH3, NO2, Ne, HF.

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