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Gases WS1 (Boyle's and Charles')

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Boyle’s & Charles’ Law Practice Problems WS1

Section 14.1 Boyle’s Law P1V1 = P2V2


1. Use Boyle’s Law to explain why bubble wrap pops when you squeeze it.
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2. A sample of oxygen gas occupies a volume of 250. mL at 740 torr pressure. What volume will it occupy at 800. torr
pressure?

3. A sample of carbon dioxide occupies a volume of 3.50 L at 125 kPa pressure. What pressure would the gas exert if the
volume was decreased to 2.00 liters?

4. A 2.0 liter container of nitrogen had a pressure of 3.2 atm. What volume would be necessary to decrease the pressure to 1.0
atm?

5. Ammonia gas occupies a volume of 450. mL at a pressure of 720. mm Hg. What volume will it occupy at 760. mm Hg?

6. Fluorine gas exerts a pressure of 900. torr. When the pressure is changed to 1.50 atm, its volume is 250. mL. What was the
original volume?

7. A 175 mL sample of neon had its pressure changed from 75 kPa to 150 kPa. What is its new volume?

8. A sample of hydrogen at 1.5 atm had its pressure decreased to 0.50 atm producing a new volume of 750 mL. What was its
original volume?

9. A 2.0 L balloon at a pressure of 1.0 atm on Earth’s surface ascends into the atmosphere, where the pressure is 0.27 atm.
What is the volume of the balloon at that altitude?

10. A flask containing 155 cm3 of hydrogen was collected at a pressure of 22.5 kPa. Under what pressure would the gas have a
volume of 90.0 cm3?
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Section 14.1 Charles’ Law V1T2 = V2T1


11. Use Charles’ Law to explain the danger of throwing an aerosol can into a fire.
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12. In a science fiction story, the main character visits a planet where the temperature is less than absolute zero. Use Charles’
Law to explain why this temperature is unrealistic.
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13. A sample of nitrogen occupies a volume of 250. mL at 25.0C. What volume will it occupy at 95.0C?

14. Oxygen gas is at a temperature of 40.0C when it occupies a volume of 2.30 liters. To what temperature should it be raised
to if the volume increases to 4.60 liters?

15. Hydrogen gas was cooled from 150C to 50.C. Its new volume is 75 mL. What was its original volume?

16. A sample of neon gas at 50.C and a volume of 2.5 liters is cooled to 25C. What is the new volume?

17. Fluorine gas at 300.K occupies a volume of 500. mL. To what temperature should it be lowered to bring the volume to 300.
mL?

18. Helium occupies a volume of 3.8 liters at –45C. What volume will it occupy at 45C?

19. A sample of argon gas is cooled and its volume went from 380 mL to 250 mL. If its final temperature was –55C, what was
its original temperature?

20. Gas in a balloon occupies 2.5 L at 300. K (about room temperature). At what temperature will the balloon expand to 7.5 L?

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