WORKSHEET 3: PRESSURE OF GAS

Question 1
A sample of gas occupies 300 cm3 at a pressure of 70 Pa. What will the volume be at 25 Pa?

Solution:

p1=¿ 300cm3 p1 V 1=p 2 V 2

p2=¿ = 70 x (300) = 25 (P2)

V 1=¿ 70Pa 21000

V 2=¿ 25Pa

Question 2
A sample of gas occupies 230 cm3 at a pressure of 15 Pa. What will the pressure be at 50 cm3?

Solution:

p1=¿ 15Pa p1 V 1=p 2 V 2

p2=¿ = 15 (230) = P2 (50)

V 1=¿ 230cm3 P2 = 3450/50 =

V 2=¿ 50cm3

Question 3
A fixed amount of a gas occupies a volume of 1 dm3 and exerts a pressure of 400 kPa on the walls of its
container. What would be the pressure exerted by the gas if it is completely transferred into a new
container having a volume of 3 dm3 (assuming the temperature and quantity of gas remains constant)?

Solution:

p1=¿ 400kPa p1 V 1=p 2 V 2

p2=¿ = 400 (1) = P2 (3)

V 1=¿ 1dm3 P2 = 400/3 = 133.3 kPa

V 2=¿ 3dm3

Question 4
A gas exerts a pressure of 3 kPa on the walls of container A. When container A is emptied into a 10-litre
container B, the pressure exerted by the gas increases to 6 kPa. Find the volume of container A in dm 3.
Assume that the temperature and quantity of the gas remain constant.
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Question 5
A sealed syringe contains 10 × 10-6 m3 of air at 1 × 105 Pa. The plunger is pushed until the volume of
trapped air is 4 × 10-6 m3. If there is no change in temperature what is the new pressure of the gas?

Question 6
A helium-filled weather balloon is held at ground level. The volume of the balloon is 4800 m3 . The pressure
of the helium is 98 kPa. The balloon is released and rises to a height where the volume of the balloon is
7200 m3 . Calculate the new pressure of the helium. Assume that the temperature stays constant.

Question 7

The piston is moved so that the new length of cylinder occupied by the gas is 40cm. The temperature of the
gas is unchanged. Calculate the new pressure of the gas.
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