Question

A container of hellum has 4.3 moles of gas in a container with a volume of 3.9 liters and a pressure of 201.6kPa at 298K. A container of xenon has a volume of 3.9 liters

and a pressure of 201.6kPa at 298K. How many moles of xenon gas is present?

Answer 1

The ideal gas law states that PV = nRT, where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the number of moles of gas, R is the gas constant, and T is the temperature in Kelvin. Rearranging the equation, we get:

n = PV/RT

For the container of helium:

n = (201.6 kPa) x (3.9 L) / [(8.31 J/mol*K) x (298 K)] = 0.0688 mol

Now, using the same equation for the container of xenon:

n = (201.6 kPa) x (3.9 L) / [(8.31 J/mol*K) x (298 K)] = 0.0688 mol

Therefore, there are also 0.0688 moles of xenon gas present in the container.