CHM1102 – Worksheet 5 Solutions

1. State Boyle’s Law in words and mathematically

2. State Charles’ Law in words and mathematically

3. State Avogadro’s Law in words and mathematically

4. Which of the graphs below illustrate the gas laws?

Volume /dm3

Volume /cm3

Volume /m3
(i) (ii) (iii)

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pressure/atm pressure/atm temperature /oC
Volume /cm3

Volume /m3

Volume /dm3

(iv) (v) (vi)

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Temperature/K temperature/oC temperature/K

5. A chemist prepared a sample of hydrogen bromide and found that it occupied 255 ml
at 850C and 600 Torr. What volume would it occupy at 00C at the same pressure?

6. i.) Complete the following table for an ideal gas:

P (atm) Vol. (L) n (mol) Temp.

(a) 5.00 2.0 1550C
(b) 0.300 2.00 155K
(c) 4.47 25.0 2.01
(d) 2.25 10.5 750C

pV = nRT; R = 0.08206 LatmK-1mol-1; R = 8.314 JK-1mol-1

ii) If the sample of gas in (b) has a mass of 3.35g, calculate the molar mass of the gas.
This is a homonoid diatomic molecule. Deduce the name of the gas.

7. Methane reacts with oxygen according to the following equation:

 CH4 (g) + 1 ½O2 (g) → CO(g) + 2H2O(g)
At a constant temperature of 373K and pressure of 1.00 atm, 100 cm3 of methane and
300 cm3 of oxygen are placed in a sealed container;
Calculate (a) the volumes of carbon monoxide and water vapour produced
(b) the total volume of gas in the container at the end of the process
(c) the partial pressure of oxygen at the end of the process.

8. Assume that you have a cylinder with a moveable piston. What would happen to the
gas volume of the cylinder if you were to do the following?
(a) Halve the Kelvin temperature while holding the pressure constant.
(b) Increase the amount of gas by 1/4 while holding the temperature and pressure
constant.
(c) Decrease the pressure by 75% at constant T.
(d) Double the Kelvin temperature and double the pressure.