Question

7.2 litters of an ideal gas are contained at 4.0 atm and 27•C. Using the ideal gas law, calculate how many moles of this gas are present.

Answer 1

The correct answer is 1.17 moles

Step-by-step explanation:

The ideal gas equation combines the pressure (P), volume (V), temperature (T) and number of moles of a gas (n):

PV= nRT

R is the gas constant (0.082 L.atm/K.mol)

In this case, we have:

V= 7.2 L

P= 4.0 atm

T= 27ºC + 273 = 300 K

We calculate the number of moles (n) of gas as follows:

n= (PV)/(RT)= (4.0 atm x 7.2 L)/(0.082 L.atm/K.mol x 300 K) = 1.17 mol