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A student has a 2.97 L

bottle that contains a mixture of O2
, N2
, and CO2
with a total pressure of 5.68 bar
at 298 K
. She knows that the mixture contains 0.225 mol N2
and that the partial pressure of CO2
is 0.309 bar
. Calculate the partial pressure of O2
.

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To calculate the partial pressure of O2, we can use the ideal gas law equation:

PV = nRT

where:
P = pressure
V = volume = 2.97 L
n = number of moles
R = gas constant = 0.08314 L bar K^-1 mol^-1
T = temperature = 298 K

We can start by calculating the total number of moles of gas in the bottle:

n_total = PV/RT

n_total = (5.68 bar)(2.97 L)/(0.08314 L bar K^-1 mol^-1)(298 K)

n_total = 0.725 mol

We know that the mixture contains 0.225 mol N2, so we can calculate the number of moles of the other gases:

n_other = n_total - n_N2

n_other = 0.725 mol - 0.225 mol

n_other = 0.500 mol

We also know that the partial pressure of CO2 is 0.309 bar, so we can calculate the number of moles of CO2:

n_CO2 = P_CO2 V/RT

n_CO2 = (0.309 bar)(2.97 L)/(0.08314 L bar K^-1 mol^-1)(298 K)

n_CO2 = 0.0112 mol

Now we can use the mole fractions of O2 and N2 to calculate the partial pressure of O2:

X_O2 = n_O2/n_other

X_N2 = n_N2/n_other

We know that the mole fraction of N2 is 0.225/0.500 = 0.450, so:

X_N2 = 0.450

Therefore:

X_O2 = 1 - X_N2

X_O2 = 1 - 0.450

X_O2 = 0.550

Now we can use the ideal gas law to calculate the partial pressure of O2:

P_O2 = n_O2 RT/V

P_O2 = X_O2 n_other RT/V

P_O2 = (0.550)(0.500 mol)(0.08314 L bar K^-1 mol^-1)(298 K)/(2.97 L)

P_O2 = 0.876 bar

Therefore, the partial pressure of O2 in the mixture is 0.876 bar.
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