CHM131

GENERAL CHEMISTRY
TUTORIAL 6: THE GASES STATE

1. The pressure of a gas sample was measured to be 654 mmHg. Determine the
pressure in kPa?

2. A sample of a gas occupies 1.40  103 mL at 25°C and 760 mmHg. Determine the
volume it will occupy at the same temperature and 380 mmHg?

3. A sample of nitrogen gas has a volume of 32.4 L at 20°C. The gas is heated to
220OC at constant pressure. Find the final volume of nitrogen.

4. Find the number of moles of gas contained in a 10.0 L tank at 22°C and 105 atm.
(R = 0.08206 Latm/Kmol)

5. A 1.2 L flask contains 0.500 mole of ammonia (NH3) at 150°C. Calculate the
pressure of the ammonia inside the flask.

6. Carry out the following conversion of pressure units:

a) 0.947 atm to mmHg
b) 98.2 kPa to torr
c) 768 Torr to atm

7. Find the pressure in kPa and atmosphere, if a force of 1.00 x 10 2 N is exerted on an

area of 5.00 cm2.

8. A sample of gas at 15oC and 1 atm has a volume of 2.58 L. Determine the volume
of the gas at 38oC?

9. A sample of carbon monoxide gas occupies 3.20 L at 125 oC. Calculate the
temperature of the gas, if the volume of the gas is 1.54 L and the pressure remains
constant.

10. A balloon, where the temperature is 27oC, has a volume of 2.00 L. What is the
volume of the balloon if the temperature is –23oC and the pressure remains constant?

11. Consider a balloon with a volume of 22.4 L at 273 K. Determine the new volume if
the temperature increases to 298 K.

12. A 12.2 L sample containing 0.50 mol of oxygen gas, O2 at a pressure of 1 atm and
a temperature of 25oC. If all these oxygen gas were converted to ozone, O 3 at the
same temperature and pressure, find the volume of the ozone?

13. A small bubble rises from the bottom of a lake, where the temperature and
pressure are 8oC and 6.4 atm, to the water’s surface, where the temperature is 25 oC
and the pressure is 1 atm. Calculate the final volume (in mL) of the bubble if its initial
volume was 2.1 mL?
14. Nitric acid a very important industrial chemical, is made by dissolving the gas
nitrogen dioxide, NO2, in water. Calculate the density of NO2 gas, in g / L, at 1.24 atm
and 50oC?

15. Calculate the density of carbon dioxide, CO2 in grams per liter (g/L) at 0.990 atm
and 55oC?

16. A 0.109 gram sample of a pure gaseous compound occupies 112 mL at 100 oC
and 750 torr. Determine the molecular weight of the compound?

17. The density of a gas at 25oC and 103 kPa is 0.00136 gcm-3. Find the relative
molecular mass of the gas.

18. Calculate the volume of O2 (in liters) required for the complete combustion of 7.64L
of acetylene (C2H2) measured at the same temperature and pressure
2C2H2 (g) + 5O2 (g) 4CO2 (g) + 2H2O (l)

19. Calculate the volume O2 (in L) at STP required for the complete combustion of 9L
of butane(C4H10) at STP.
2C4H10(g) + 13O2(g) 8CO2(g) + 10H2O(g)

20. 10 L flask contains 1.031 g O2 and 0.572 g CO2 at 18oC. Determine the partial
pressure of oxygen and CO2? What is the total pressure?

21. State whether each of the following statements is true or false for an ideal gas.
a) There are no attractive forces between the gas molecules.
b) There are strong repulsive forces between the gas molecules.
c) The volume occupied by the molecules is negligible compared to the
container volume.
d) The gas behaves according to the ideal gas equation.
e) The average kinetic energy of the molecules is proportional to the size of the
molecules.