Question

An unknown gas has pressure, volume and temperature of 0.9 atm 8L and 120°C respectively. How many moles of gas are present?

Answer 1

Answer:

n = 0.223 mol.

Explanation:

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In this case, according to the given information, it is possible for us to approach this problem via the ideal gas law, which involves the pressure, moles, temperature and volume of the gas:

$PV=nRT$

Thus, by solving for moles we obtain:

$n=\frac{PV}{RT}$

Therefore, we plug in the given volume, temperature (in Kelvins) and pressure to obtain:

$n=\frac{0.9atm*8L}{0.08206\frac{atm*L}{mol*K}*(120+273)K} \\\\n=0.223mol$

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