CHM1102 Worksheet 5 2021

1. Convert each pressure to an equivalent pressure in atmospheres (atm). (a) 736 mmHg;
(b) 0.776 bar; (c) 892 Torr; (d) 225 kPa.

2. Which of the graphs below illustrate the gas laws?

(i) (ii) (iii)

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pressure/atm pressure/atm temperature /oC

(iv) (v) (vi)

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Temperature/K temperature/oC temperature/K

3. A chemist prepared a sample of hydrogen bromide and found that it occupied 255 ml
at 850C and 600 Torr. What volume would it occupy at 00C at the same pressure?

4. A 20. L container is filled with helium and the pressure is 150 atm and the
temperature is 30.° C. How many 5.0 L balloons can be filled when the temperature is
22° C and the atmospheric pressure is 755 mmHg?

5. A 35.8 L cylinder of Ar(g) is connected to an evacuated 1875 L tank. If the

temperature is held constant and the final pressure is 721 mmHg, what must have
been the original gas pressure in the cylinder, in atmospheres?

6. If 3.0 L of oxygen gas at 298K is cooled at constant pressure until the volume
becomes 1.50 L, then what is the final temperature?

7. 322 L of hydrogen occupies a volume of 197 L at STP. If the initial temperature of the
hydrogen was 37° C, what was its initial pressure?

8. A sample of has a volume of 26.7 L at 762 Torr. What is the new volume if, with the
temperature and amount of gas held constant, the pressure is (a) lowered to 385 Torr;
(b) increased to 3.68 atm?
9. i) Complete the following table for an ideal gas:

P (atm) Vol. (L) n (mol) Temp.

(a) 5.00 2.0 1550C
(b) 0.300 2.00 155K
(c) 4.47 25.0 2.01
(d) 2.25 10.5 750C

pV = nRT; R = 0.08206 LatmK-1mol-1; R = 8.314 JK-1mol-1

ii) If the sample of gas in (b) has a mass of 3.35g, calculate the molar mass of the gas.
This is a homonoid diatomic molecule. Deduce the name of the gas.

10. Methane reacts with oxygen according to the following equation:

CH4 (g) + 1 ½O2 (g) → CO(g) + 2H2O(g)
At a constant temperature of 373K and pressure of 1.00 atm, 100 cm3 of methane and
300 cm3 of oxygen are placed in a sealed container;
Calculate (a) the volumes of carbon monoxide and water vapour produced
(b) the total volume of gas in the container at the end of the process
(c) the partial pressure of oxygen at the end of the process.

11. Assume that you have a cylinder with a moveable piston. What would happen to the
gas volume of the cylinder if you were to do the following?
(a) Halve the Kelvin temperature while holding the pressure constant
(b) Increase the amount of gas by 1/4 while holding the temperature and pressure
constant
(c) Decrease the pressure by 75% at constant T
(d) Double the Kelvin temperature and double the pressure

12. 5.0g of Carbon dioxide gas at 373 K occupies 536 mL at 50.0 atmosphere pressure.
What is the calculated value of the pressure using ideal gas equation?