The following problems may be solved using the relationships described by either Charles’ or Boyles’ laws,

together in the combined gas law. Show all the steps to the solution of the problem. Answers Problems on a
separate sheet of paper.

V1P1T2 = V2P2T1

1. Carbon dioxide occupies a 2.54 dm3 container at STP. What will be the volume when the pressure is 150
KPa and 26oC?

2. Oxygen occupies a fixed container of 5.50L at STP. What will happen to the pressure if the temperature rises
to 300.K?

3. Methane is compressed in a closed 15.8 dm3 container at 101.3 KPa. If the volume drops to 8.7 dm3 and the
temperature begins at 25oC and then drops to 18oC , what will the pressure of the gas be?

4. A helium balloon is fully inflated at 1.20 L. When the clerk is filling the balloon, she stops to make sure it is
not going to explode and checks the pressure. The weather is sunny and the air pressure is 107.7 KPa and the
temperature at the store is 24oC. The balloon is 1.15L full. Later in the day, a storm front moves in and the air
pressure drops to 99.6 KPa and the balloon pops.. What was the temperature outdoors?

5. Oxygen gas is added to a rebreather at the same rate as it would be in the open air. The volume is 4.8 dm3
and the temperature is 25 oC. The pressure is1 atm. Once the tank is lowered under the water the pressure
increases to 2.0 atm and the temperature drops to 12oC. Is the tank in danger of exploding if it’s maximum
volume is 5.0 dm3?

6. Ozone is formed due to electricity passing through the air and splitting some O2 atoms which then join briefly
to form O3, ozone. Your olfactory sense can detect 1.00 mL ozone in 10 L of air at STP. You are surprised that
the noreaster is accompanied by thunderstorms. You detect the scent of ozone in the air and the pressure is 94.5
Kpa and the temperature is 4 oC. What is the new volume of ozone?

7. You are researching the gases that keep lily pads afloat. The cell vacuoles that contain the oxygen that
keeps the plant afloat are approximately 17.7 µL. They can expand and contract with changes in temperature
and pressure, but that is the optimal volume at 25 oC and standard pressure. If the volume drops below 16.5 µL
the leaves are submerged. You observe the lily pads in the pond are below water level, so the volume is down.
If the pressure is 98.2 KPa, what is the temperature?

8. You like to skin dive. The best corals are at a depth of approximately 10m. You take a deep breath and dive.
Your lung capacity is 2.4L total. The air temperature is 32 oC and the pressure is 101.3 Kpa. At 10 m the
temperature is 21 oC and 141.2 Kpa. What is the volume of your lungs?

9. If you breathe 3.0 L of helium at 25 oC and 101.3 Kpa, you will talk funny. You think that would be fun. You
breathe all the helium in a container at 15 oC and 110.6 Kpa and you aren’t talking funny. Why not?

10. A researcher is studying the relationship between volume of burps and stress. Burps due to stress are just
swallowed air. Your diaphragm detects pressure as discomfort at 210.0 Kpa. (body temperature is 37 oC). If you
feel discomfort and you burp, into the researcher’s balloon, the balloon slightly inflates to 6.45 mL at 101.3 Kpa
and 27 oC.. What volume did the burp occupy in your body?
1. V2 = [2.54 dm3][101.3 KPa][26oC + 273K] = 1.9 dm3
[150 KPa ][273 K]
2. P2 = [5.50 L] [ 101.3 KPa][300. K] = 111 KPa
[5.50 L] [273 K]
3. P2 = [ 101.3 KPa][15.8 dm3][300 K] = 180 KPa
[8.7 dm3 ][273+18 K]
4. T = [24oC + 273K][ 1.20 L][99.6 KPa] = 287 K
[1.15 L][107.7 KPa]
5. V2 = [4.8 dm3][1 atm][12oC + 273K] = 2.1 dm3
[2.0 atm][25oC + 273K]
not in danger of exploding

6. V2 = [1.00 mL][101.3 KPa] [273K] = 1.09 mL

[94.5 KPa][4 oC + 273K]
7. T = [25oC + 273K][16.5 µL ][98.2 KPa] = 269K
[17.7 µL ][101.3 KPa]
8. V2 = [2.4 L][101.3 KPa][32 oC + 273K] = 1.7 L
[141.2KPa][21 oC + 273K]
9. V2 = [3.0 L][101.3 KPa][15oC + 273K ] = 2.7 L
[110.6KPa][25 oC + 273K]
not enough volume to talk funny

10. V2 = [6.45 mL][101.3 KPa][37 oC + 273K] = 3.22 mL

[210.0 KPa][27 oC + 273K]