A gas occupies 67. cm3 at 9.38×104lPa and 22 °C. What is its volume at 10.6×105lPa and 29 °C?

2 Answers
Nov 3, 2015

6.1 cm3

Explanation:

So, it's always a good idea to start by making a note of what information is being provided by the problem.

In your case, you know that the initial sample of gas

  • occupies a volume equal to 67 cm3
  • has a temperature of 22C
  • has a pressure of 9.38104Pa

You then go on to change the temperature to 29C and the pressure to 10.6105Pa.

Notice that no mention of number of moles was made. This means that you can assume it to be constant. So, if you start from the ideal gas law equation, you can say that

P1V1=nRT1 the initial state of the gas

and

P2V2=nRT2 the final state of the gas

Since n is constant, and R is the universal gas constant, you can rearrange these equations to isolate these two constant terms on one side

P1V1T1=nR and P2V2T2=nR

Notice that you have two expressions that are equal to the same value, nR. This means that they are equal to each other as well.

P1V1T1=P2V2T2 the combined gas law equation

Now all you have to do is rearrange this to solve for V2, the volume of the gas at the final state.

Look what happens if you divide both sides of the equation by P2

P1P2V1T1=P2V2T2P2

P1P2V1T1=V2T2

Now multiply both sides by T2 to get V2 alone one one side of the equation

P1P2T2T1V1=V2T2T2

Finally, you got

V2=P1P2T2T1V1

Now plug in your values and solve for V2 - do not foget to convert the temperature from degrees Celsius to Kelvin!

V2=9.38104Pa10.6105Pa(273.15+29)K(273.15+22)K67 cm3

V2=6.0695 cm3

You need to round this off to two sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the initial volume of the gas

V2=6.1 cm3

Nov 3, 2015

The new volume will be 6.1 cm3.

Explanation:

We use the Combined Gas Law equation,

P1V1T1=P2V2T2

Let's start by listing our given information.

P1=9.38×104Pa; V1=67. cm3; T1=22 °C =(22 + 273.15) K = 295 K
P2=10.6×105Pa; V2=?; T2=29 °C = (29 + 273.15) K = 302 K

Now we must rearrange the Combined Gas Law equation to get V2 by itself.

We'll take it step by step.

Step 1. Multiply both sides by T2.

P1V1T1×T2=P2V2T1×T2

P1V1T2T1=P2V2

Step 2. Divide both sides by P2.

P1V1T2P2T1=P2V2P2

P1V1T2P2T1=V2 or V2=P1V1T2P2T1

Now we insert the values into the equation.

V2=P1V1T2P2T1=9.38×104Pa×67. cm3×302K10.6×105Pa×295K=6.1 cm3

Check: The temperature doesn't change much, but the pressure increases by about ten-fold.

The new volume should be about one-tenth of the original volume, or about 7 cm3.