Gas Laws Unit Test REVIEW/PRACTICE SHEET
Use these problems to review/practice for the gas laws written test on November 21st, 2013
The test will consist of matching problems and work out problems. It will be an individual test.
Additional RECOMMENDED problems can be found in your textbook: Ch. 12 # 45, 46, 47, 48,
49; Ch. 13 # 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
Topics you should feel comfortable with:
How Varying Temperature, Volume and Pressure affect the characteristics of a gas
How Pressure, Volume and Temperature are related
Ideal gases vs real gases
Gas Laws: Combined (Boyles, Charles and Gay-Lusacs), Ideal, Daltons Law of Partial Pressure and Graham’s Law
of Diffusion.
Vapor Pressure
Finding moles of a gas regardless of condition
Anything else from chapter 12 section 1 and anything from chapter 13 (sections 1,2 and 3).
R = 8.31 (kPa)(L) / (mol)(K) = 62.36 (mmHg)(L) / (mol)(K) = 0.082 (atm)(L) / (mol)(K)
Match each of the following statements/equations to the corresponding name:
Charles Law P1V1 = constant
Boyles Law P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2
Combined gas equation V1/T1 = constant
Ideal gas equation The lighter the formula mass of a gas the faster it diffuses
Dalton’s Law PV=nRT
Graham’s Law States that the total pressure is the sum of all the partial pressures
Which law above is best to use in the following situations.
_____ When the pressure, volume and temperature of a trapped sample of gas is altered.
_____ Which relates the volume of a gas to is pressure, at constant temperature
Ideal Gas Law Problems
Use the ideal gas law to solve the following problems:
1) If I have 4 moles of a gas at a pressure of 5.6 atm and a volume of 12 liters, what is the
temperature?
2) If I have an unknown quantity of gas at a pressure of 1.2 atm, a volume of 31 liters, and a
temperature of 87 0C, how many moles of gas do I have?
3) If I contain 3 moles of gas in a container with a volume of 60 liters and at a temperature
of 400 K, what is the pressure inside the container?
4) If I have 7.7 moles of gas at a pressure of 0.09 atm and at a temperature of 56 0C, what is
the volume of the container that the gas is in?
Problems (Mixed problems: Ideal, combined, Dalton’s Law of partial pressures, Graham’s
law of diffusion):
1) A 30.0. liter sample of gas initially at 150oC is allowed to cool at constant pressure, what
will the new volume be at -25oC?
2) A buoyancy vest (used in scuba diving) is filled to a volume of 1.3 liters at a pressure of
1 atmosphere (at the surface where the temperature is a balmy 300K), what will the
volume of air be in the vest when the diver dives to a depth of about 60 feet where the
temperature is 20oC and the pressure is 3 atmospheres?
3) A 25 liter sample of gas is initially at 35oC and 700 mmHg. Conditions are changed to
30oC and 800 mmHg, what is the new volume of the gas?
4) Which gas would diffuse faster from the surface of a planet Methane vapor (CH4) or
oxygen (O2)? How many times faster? (H = 1, C = 12, O = 16)
5) How many liters of Fluorine gas could be collected at 850 mmHg and 45oC if you
decompose 20.0 grams of Silver(I) Fluoride according to the following equation?
(Ag = 107.8, F = 19)
2AgF(s) 2Ag(s) + F2(g)
Gas Laws Unit Test REVIEW/PRACTICE SHEET ANSWERS
R = 8.31 (kPa)(L) / (mol)(K) = 62.36 (mmHg)(L) / (mol)(K) = 0.082 (atm)(L) / (mol)(K)
Match each of the following statements/equations to the corresponding name:
Charles Law P1V1 = constant
Boyles Law P1V1/T1 = P2V2/T2
Combined gas equation V1/T1 = constant
Ideal gas equation The lighter the formula mass of a gas the faster it diffuses
Dalton’s Law PV=nRT
Graham’s Law States that the total pressure is the sum of all the partial pressures
Which law above is best to use in the following situations.
_combined____ When the pressure, volume and temperature of a trapped sample of gas is altered.
__Boyles___ Which relates the volume of a gas to is pressure, at constant temperature
Ideal Gas Law Problems
Use the ideal gas law to solve the following problems:
1) If I have 4 moles of a gas at a pressure of 5.6 atm and a volume of 12 liters, what is the
temperature?
204.9 K or –68oC
2) If I have an unknown quantity of gas at a pressure of 1.2 atm, a volume of 31 liters, and a
temperature of 87 0C, how many moles of gas do I have?
1.26 Moles
3) If I contain 3 moles of gas in a container with a volume of 60 liters and at a temperature
of 400 K, what is the pressure inside the container?
166.2 kPa
4) If I have 7.7 moles of gas at a pressure of 0.09 atm and at a temperature of 56 0C, what is
the volume of the container that the gas is in?
2308 L
Problems:
1) A 30.0. liter sample of gas initially at 150oC is allowed to cool at constant pressure, what
will the new volume be at -25oC?
17.59 L
2) A buoyancy vest (used in scuba diving) is filled to a volume of 1.3 liters at a pressure of
1 atmosphere (at the surface where the temperature is a balmy 300K), what will the volume of air
be in the vest when the diver dives to a depth of about 60 feet where the temperature is 20oC and
the pressure is 3 atmospheres?
.42 L
3) A 25 liter sample of gas is initially at 35oC and 700 mmHg. Conditions are changed to
30 C and 800 mmHg, what is the new volume of the gas?
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21.52 L
4) Which gas would diffuse faster from the surface of a planet Methane vapor (CH4) or
oxygen (O2)? How many times faster? (H = 1, C = 12, O=16)
CH4 is 1.41 times faster than O2
(mass of CH4 = 16; mass of O2 = 32; 32/16=2; square root of 2 = 1.41)
( more practice: H2 is 2.83 times faster than CH4)
6) How many liters of Fluorine gas could be collected at 850 mmHg and 45oC if you
decompose 20.0 grams of Silver(I) Fluoride according to the following equation?
(Ag = 107.8, F = 19)
2AgF(s) 2Ag(s) + F2(g)
Stoichiometery gives you 1.77 L @ STP (or 0.0789 moles if you want to
use the ideal gas equation)
Which would be 1.84 L at the given conditions
