GAS LAWS PROBLEMS

1. A gas syringe containing 25.0 cm3 air at atmospheric pressure and 25.0OC is heated to 100OC. What will its
final volume be? (31.3 cm3)

2. A gas with a volume of 4.0L at a pressure of 205kPa is allowed to expand to a volume of 12.0L.What is the
pressure in the container if the temperature remains constant? (68.3)

3. Find the new temperature when 6.00 L at 20.0 °C is compressed to 4.00 L. (195.3K)

4. A gas is at 15 oC. To what temperature must it be heated in order to triple its pressure, the volume being kept
constant? (591OC)

5. The gases in a hair spray can are at a temperature of 27oC and a pressure of 206.8kPa. If the gases in the can
reach a pressure of 620.5 kPa, the can will explode. To what temperature must the gases be raised in order for
the can to explode? Assume constant volume (900K)

6. A gas balloon has a volume of 106.0 liters when the temperature is 45.0 °C and the pressure is 98.7kPa. What
will its volume be at 20.0 °C and 104.0kPa pressure? (93.5)
7. The pressure of a gas is reduced from 1200.0 mm Hg to 850.0 mm Hg as the volume of its container is
increased by moving a piston from 85.0 mL to 350.0 mL. What would the final temperature be if the original
temperature was 90.0 °C? (1058.75)

8. If 3 moles of Helium gas are at a pressure of 1.70 atm and temperature of 41 oC. What is the volume of the gas? (35L)

9. How many moles of gas does it take to occupy 120 liters at a pressure of 2.3 atm and a temperature of 340 K? (9.9
moles)

10. If a 50.0 liter container holds 45 moles of a gas at a temperature of 200oC, what is the pressure
inside the container? (3545.5 kPa)

11. An engineer wishes to design a container that will hold 14.0 moles of gas at a pressure no greater than 550 kPa and a
temperature of 48oC. What is the minimum volume the container can have?(68 L)

12. A birthday party balloon is filled with 0.045 grams of Helium gas. If the balloon takes up 750. mL of space
and has a pressure of 325 mm Hg, what is the temperature inside the balloon? (349K)
13. The lowest pressure achieved in a laboratory is about 1.0 x 10 -15 mm Hg. How many molecules of gas are present in a
1.00 L sample at that pressure and a temperature of 22.0 oC? (33000
molecules)

14. What is the molar mass of a sample of gas that has a density of 2.85 g/L at 72.1 kPa pressure and
29oC? (99.2 g/mol)

15. What is the molar mass of a gas if 142 g of the gas occupies a volume of 45.1 L at 28.4 oC and 94.6
kPa? (83.3 g/mol)

16. How many grams of gas are present in a sample that has a molar mass of 44 g/mol and occupies a 1.8 L container at
108 kPa and 26.7oC? (3 g)

17. A 4.702g sample of pure gas occupies 1.50 liters of space and exerts 150.0 kilopascals of pressure at 49.8°C. If the gas
is entirely composed of carbon and hydrogen with a make up of 85.63% carbon by mass what is the molecular formula of
the gas (ANS= Molar mass= 56.11, EF=CH2, MF=C4H8)
18. A 0.230g sample of a chemical with an empirical formula of C2H4O is vaporized. It has a volume of 0.0785 liters at
95°C and the pressure of 102 kilopascals find the molar mass and molecular formula of this chemical ANS=(molar
mass=87.8, MF=C4H8O2)

19. A 6.00g sample of a compound known to contain C, H and O is combusted. It produces 14.2 g CO2, and 7.29g H2O.
What is the empirical formula? (ANS= EF=C4H10O)

20. Menthol is an organic compound composed of C, H&O atoms. The complete combustion of 0.1005 grams of menthol
produces 0.2829 grams of carbon dioxide and 0.1159 grams of water calculate the empirical formula of menthol. (ANS=
EF=C10H20O)