SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS

UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL, WESTVILLE CAMPUS

General Principles of Chemistry – CHEM110 W1

Tutorial 10 – 9th and 11th May 2018

Chapter 10

PROPERTIES OF GASES - MODEL ANSWERS

1. A 1.860 g sample of an unknown brown gas occupied a volume of 495.8 mL at 25.2 ºC

and 101.2 kPa. Calculate the molar mass of the gas.

Convert pressure and temperature: T = (273.15 oC + 25.2 oC) × 1K/1oC = 298.4 K

Volume conversion , V = 495.8 mL /1000 = 0.4958 dm3

mRT
MM 
PV
1.860 g  8.314 kPa dm3 K 1 mol 1  298 .4 K

101 .2 kPa  0.4958 dm3
 91.97 g mol 1

OR

PV
n
RT
101 .2 kPa  0.4958 dm3

8.314  298 .4 K
 0.02022 mol

N=mass/MM
MM – mass / n
= 1.860 g /0.02022 mol
= 91.98 g/mol

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2. Carbon dioxide, CO2, is effective in fire extinguishers partly because its density is greater
than air. Calculate the density of CO2, in g L-1 at a temperature of 25 °C and pressure
0.854 atm.

Convert pressure and temperature: T = (273.15 oC + 25 oC) × 1K/1oC = 298.15 K

Pressure = 0.854 atm

MP
d
RT
44.01 g mol 1  0.854 atm

0.08206 atm mol 1 L K 1  298 .15 K
 1.54 g L1

OR ( alternate answer)

PV
n
RT
0.854 atm  1 L

0.08206  298.15 K
 0.0349 mol

n=mass/MM
mass = n x MM
= 0.0349 mol x 44.01 g/mol
= 1.54 g ( this is the mass in 1 L)
Therefore density = 1.54g/L

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3. 50.00 g of gaseous O2 and 150.0 g of gaseous N2 are placed into a tank with a total pressure
of 45.00 atm. Calculate the partial pressure of each gas.

Moles of O2 = 50.00 g /32.00 g mol-1 = 1.563 mol

Moles of N2 = 150.0 g /28.00 g mol-1 = 5.357 mol

Partial Pressure of O2

PO2 = (1.563)/ (1.563+5.357) x 45 atm = 10.16 atm

Partial Pressure of N2:

PN2:= (5.357)/ (1.563+5.357) x 45 atm = 34.84 atm

4. Calculate the mole fraction of NO in a 10.00 L gas cylinder at room temperature (25 °C)
that contains 6.002 mol N2 and in which the total pressure is 1.49 × 106 Pa.

Convert temperature: T = (273.15 oC + 25 oC) × 1K/1oC = 298 K

Convert volume = 10.00 × 1m3/1000L = 0.01 m3
Pressure = 1.49 × 106 Pa
PV
total moles 
RT
1.49  106  0.01 m3

8.315 m3 Pa mol 1 K 1  298.15 K
 6.010 mol

Mol NO = total moles – mol N2 =6.010 – 6.002 = 0.008 mol NO

XNO = nNO/ntotal = 0.008 mol /6.010 mol = 0.001

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5. Oxygen was collected over water at 22 oC in a 2.0 dm3 vessel at a total pressure of
101.992 kPa. Calculate the mass of O2 produced.
The vapour pressure of H2O at 22 oC = 20 mmHg.

Convert vapour pressure in mmHg to atm and then to kPa

Pressure = 20 mmHg/760mmHg = 0.0263 atm = 2.66 kPa

Determine the pressure of dry O2 gas

PO2 = PT - PH2O
(101.992 kPa – 2.66 kPa)
= 99.33 kPa
T = (273.15 oC + 22 oC) × 1K/1oC = 295 K

PV 99.33kPa  2.0 dm3

n 
RT 8.314 kPa dm3 K 1 mol 1  295 K
 0.0810 mol

Mass of O2 = 0.0810 mol x 32.00 g mol-1

= 2.592 g