Chemistry H Name:

Exercise 11.1a(H)
Measuring Gases Date: Per:

Pressure is defined as the force exerted over an area. In the case of gases, that force is exerted as gas particles collide with
the surface area in question. In chemistry gases are contained and the pressure comes from collisions between the gases and
the walls of the container.
There are many different units for measuring pressure that have been developed over the years. The SI unit of pressure is
the pascal (Pa), but other units used in chemistry might include millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), atmospheres (atm),
pounds per square inch (psi), and a variety of others. One atmosphere (1 atm) is defined as the mean atmospheric pressure
at the mean sea level at the latitude of Paris, France.
In order for scientists to compare gases under similar conditions, they have created “standard conditions” at which various
properties of gases can be described. Standard temperature and pressure (STP) is defined as 0°C and 1 atm when referring
to gases.

DIRECTIONS: Complete the following in the space provided. Pressure Unit Equivalences
1. Convert 11400 mm Hg to atm. 1.00 atm = 760 mm Hg 1.00 atm = 1013 mbars
1.00 atm = 14.7 psi 1.00 atm = 760 Torr
1.00 atm = 101 325 Pa 1.00 atm = 29.92 in Hg
1.00 atm = 101.325 kPa 1.00 atm = 407 in. H2O
2. Convert 4.50 atm to mm Hg
7. Convert 78.3 atm to mm Hg

3. Convert 24.8 psi to mm Hg

8. Convert 450. mm Hg to atm

4. Convert 1260 mm Hg to atm

9. Convert 30.9 psi to atm

5. Convert 45.3 atm to mm Hg

10. Convert 10278.2 in. H2O to mbars

6. Convert 950. mm Hg to kPa

Standard temperature is usually expressed in kelvins (K). 0 °C = 273 K. To convert °C to kelvins, add 273. To convert
kelvins to °C, subtract 273.

11. Convert 25.5 °C to kelvins. 15. Convert -50.8 °C to kelvins.

12. Convert 890. kelvins to °C. 16. Convert 0 kelvins to °C.

13. Convert 125 °C to kelvins. 17. Convert 0 °C to kelvins.

14. Convert 298 kelvins to °C. 18. Convert 278 kelvins to °C.

Revised: 2021-03-11 Answers: 1) 15.0 atm 2) 3420 mm Hg 3) 1280 mm Hg 4) 1.66 atm 5) 34400 mm Hg 6) 127 kPa 7) 59500 mm Hg 8) 0.592 atm 9) 2.10 atm 10) 25600 mbar
11) 298 K 12) 617 °C 13) 398 K 14) 25 °C 15) 222 K 16) -273 °C 17) 273 K 18) 5 °C 19) 818 mm Hg / 1.08 atm 20) 704 mm Hg 21) 1.4 atm. 22) 0.6877 atm
Chemistry H Name:
Exercise 11.1a(H)
Measuring Gases Date: Per:

A manometer is a device for comparing pressures of gases to one another based on how they exert a force
on a u-shaped tube filled with mercury. The gas sample with the higher pressure pushes down harder on
the mercury causing a difference in the height of the mercury columns in the two glass arms of the tube.
In the diagram at right, the mercury is being pushed harder by the gas sample than by the air from the
atmosphere. The difference in height represents how much higher the pressure in the gas sample is
compared to the atmospheric pressure. If the atmospheric pressure is known, the pressure of the gas sample
may be found or vice-versa.

19. The mercury level on the container side of a manometer is 47.0 mm lower than on the open side. If the atmospheric
pressure is 771mm Hg, what is the pressure of the gas? How much would this be in atm?

20. What is the pressure in a container of gas if the mercury level in the manometer arm attached to the container is 18.5 mm
higher than the mercury level in the manometer arm open to the atmosphere? Atmospheric pressure is 0.950 atm.

Dalton’s Law of Partial Pressures states that gases act independently in terms of exerting force when placed in the same
container. Therefore, the total pressure of a mixture of gases is simply the sum of the pressures each gas exerts on its own.
Ptotal = Ppartial1 + Ppartial2 + Ppartial3…

21. If the total pressure of a mixture of gases in a container is 3.40 atm, and the partial pressure of gas A is 0.70 atm and the
partial pressure of gas B is 1.30 atm, what is the partial pressure of gas C?

22. In the chem lab, a student filled a balloon with 2 different gases, CO2 and N2. The atmospheric pressure in the chem lab
was 770.0 mmHg and the partial pressure of CO2 added to the balloon was 0.3255 atm. What was the partial pressure of
N2 in the balloon?

Revised: 2021-03-11 Answers: 1) 15.0 atm 2) 3420 mm Hg 3) 1280 mm Hg 4) 1.66 atm 5) 34400 mm Hg 6) 127 kPa 7) 59500 mm Hg 8) 0.592 atm 9) 2.10 atm 10) 25600 mbar
11) 298 K 12) 617 °C 13) 398 K 14) 25 °C 15) 222 K 16) -273 °C 17) 273 K 18) 5 °C 19) 818 mm Hg / 1.08 atm 20) 704 mm Hg 21) 1.4 atm. 22) 0.6877 atm