Ideal Gas Law Practice

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Problem #1: Determine the volume of occupied by 2.34 grams of carbon dioxide gas at STP.

Solution:

1) Turn grams into moles

2) Rearrange PV = nRT to this:

V = nRT / P

3) Substitute:

V = [(2.34 g / 44.0 g mol¯1) (0.08206 L atm mol¯1 K¯1) (273.0 K)] / 1.00 atm

V = 1.19 L

Problem #2: A sample of argon gas at STP occupies 56.2 liters. Determine the number of
moles of argon and the mass of argon in the sample.

Solution:

1) Rearrange PV = nRT to this:

n = PV / RT

2) Substitute:

n = [(1.00 atm) (56.2 L) ] / [ (0.08206 L atm mol¯1 K¯1) (273.0 K)]

n = 2.50866 mol

3) Multiply the moles by the atomic weight of Ar to get the grams:

(2.50866 mol) * (39.948 g/mol) = 100.22 g

Problem #3: At what temperature will 0.654 moles of neon gas occupy 12.30 liters at 1.95
atmospheres?

Solution:

1) Rearrange PV = nRT to this:

T = PV / nR
2) Substitute:

T = [(1.95 atm) (12.30 L)] / [(0.654 mol) (0.08206 L atm mol¯1 K¯1)]

T = 447 K

Problem #4: A 30.6 g sample of gas occupies 22.414 L at STP. What is the molecular weight of
this gas?

Solution:

Since one mole of gas occupies 22.414 L at STP, the molecular weight of the gas is
30.6 g mol¯1

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