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Ideal Gas Law: Gas mixtures
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Wize University Chemistry Textbook > Gases and their Properties
Gas Mixtures & Partial Pressures
4 Activities
Wize University Chemistry Textbook > Gases and their Properties
Other Applications of the Ideal Gas Law
6 Activities
When 100 g of Kr and 100 g of Xe are placed in a container, the partial pressure of Xe is found to be 4 atm. What is the partial pressure of Kr?
5 atm
6 atm
7 atm
12 atm
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More Gas Mixtures & Partial Pressures Questions:
Ideal Gas Law: Kinetic Molecular Theory
The natural gas delivered to homes in Calgary is normally a mixture of methane (CH
4
), ethane (C
2
H
6
), propane (C
3
H
8
) and carbon dioxide (CO
2
).
(a)
In the laboratory, a chemistry student has collected some Calgarian natural gas in a 2.00 L plastic bottle at 0.902 atm and 23°C. What is the
concentration
of gas in the bottle?
(b)
The bottle was weighed before and after filling with gas to determine the exact composition of gases. The student found that in the mixture the mole fraction of C
3
H
8
(g) was 0.10 and the mole fraction of CH
4
(g) was 0.90. What was the
total mass of the gas
in the bottle?
Partial Pressure and Vapor Pressure
A sample of N
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 300.0 K and the volume of the sample was 18.0 L. The vapor pressure of water at 300.0 K is 3.53 kPa and the total pressure of the sample was 122.00 kPa. What is the mass of the N
2
in this sample?
Practice: Kinetic Molecular Theory
The natural gas delivered to homes in Calgary is normally a mixture of methane (CH
4
), ethane (C
2
H
6
), propane (C
3
H
8
) and carbon dioxide (CO
2
).
(a)
In the laboratory, a CHEM 203 student has collected some Calgarian natural gas in a 2.00 L plastic bottle at 0.902 atm and 23°C. What is the
concentration
of gas in the bottle?
(b)
The bottle was weighed before and after filling with gas to determine the exact composition of gases. The student found that in the mixture the mole fraction of C
3
H
8
(g) was 0.10 and the mole fraction of CH
4
(g) was 0.90. What was the
total mass of the gas
in the bottle?
Ideal Gas Law
A student has two balloons held at ambient pressure and temperature (1 atm, 298 K), one is 3 L contains Helium, the other is 14 L and contains argon. The student transfers both gasses into a single balloon which is also held at ambient temperature and pressure. What is the density of the gas mixture in the final balloon?
Partial Pressure and Vapor Pressure
A sample of N
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 300.0 K and the volume of the sample was 18.0 L. The vapor pressure of water at 300.0 K is 3.53 kPa and the total pressure of the sample was 122.00 kPa. What is the mass of the N
2
in this sample?
A 10.0 L sample of Br
2
gas is collected over water at 298 K. If the total pressure of the sample is 180.0 kPa, how many mols of Br
2
are present in this sample? The vapor pressure of water at 298 K is 3.17 kPa. [Do NOT include units in your answers]
A mixture of 4.6 mols of H
2
gas, 3.1 mols of N
2
gas and 2.6 mols of He are stored in a 60.0 L canister at 298 K. What is the partial pressure of each compound?
P
H
2
A mixture of gases containing 0
2
, N
2
and H
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the total pressure is 188 kPa at 298 K, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen? What is the average molar mass of this mixture? The density of the mixture is 1.52g/L.
Gas Mixture
A 1.0 L flask (A) of Ne (g), at 3.0 atm and a 2.0 L flask (B) of Ar (g), at 5.0 atm, are connected by a tube of negligible volume. (See the figure below.) The valve between the flasks is opened and the gases mix at constant temperature. What is the mole fraction of each gas?
Partial Pressure
A mixture of H
2
(g) and CO(g) (total mass 4.50 g) occupies a volume of 3.76 L at 298 K and 108 kPa. What is the partial pressure of each gas in this mixture? Calculate the volume percent of H
2
?
Vapour Pressure
A sample of N
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 300.0 K and the volume of the sample was 18.0 L. The vapour pressure of water at 300.0 K is 3.53 kPa and the total pressure of the sample was 122.00 kPa. What is the mass of the N
2
in this sample?
Partial Pressure
300 mL H
2
was collected over water at 21
⁰
C and 748 Torr. Vapour pressure of water at 21
⁰
C is 18.65 Torr.
a. How many moles of H
2
and water vapour were present in the moist gas mixture?
b. Calculate the mass of the gas after being dried.
Gas Law
Consider the following two containers of gas that are at the same temperature. Which of the following statements comparing these two containers are false and which are true?
Gases: Vapor Pressure
A sample of N
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 300.0 K and the volume of the sample was 18.0 L. The vapour pressure of water at 300.0 K is 3.53 kPa and the total pressure of the sample was 122.00 kPa. What is the mass of the N
2
in this sample?
Vapor Pressure
A sample of H
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 273.15 K and the volume of the sample was 20.0 L. The vapour pressure of water at 300.0 K is 5.0atm and the total pressure of the sample was 15.5atm. What is the mass of the H
2
in this sample?
Ideal Gas Law: Gas Mixtures
2. A mixture of 4.6 mols of H
2
gas, 3.1 mols of N
2
gas and 2.6 mols of He are stored in a 60.0 L canister at 255 K. What is the partial pressure of each compound?
P
H
2
Ideal Gas Law: Gas Mixtures
3. A 10.0 L sample of Br
2
gas is collected over water at 298 K. If the total pressure of the sample is 180.0 kPa, how many mols of Br
2
are present in this sample? The vapor pressure of water at 298 K is 3.17 kPa.
Ideal Gas Laws
4. A 16.0 L gas vessel contains 40.0 kPa of He, 15.0 kPa of Ne and 25.0 kPa of Kr. What is the density of this mixture?
Ideal Gas Law: Partial Pressures
Calculate the partial pressure of neon (in atm) in a mixture of 3.1 g of argon, 1.2 g of neon, and 2.4 g of krypton at 0
o
C in 1.5 L container.
Gas Laws: Partial Pressure
Calculate the partial pressure of O
2
(in atm) in air that is 20% O
2
by weight and 80% N
2
by weight, at a temperature of 0
o
C and an ambient pressure of 0.95 atm
2 gases were mixed together in a 5 L vessel at 243 K to create a total pressure of 9.3 atm. If gas 1 has 2 moles, what is the partial pressure of gas 2? (R = 0.08206 L*atm/mole*K)
Gas Laws: Partial Pressure
A vessel contains He, Ne, and Ar gas. There's twice as much He as Ne and half as much Ar as He. The total pressure in the vessel is 400torr. What is the partial pressure of Ar(g)?
A mixture of 4.6 moles of H
2
gas, 3.1 moles of N
2
gas and 2.6 moles of He are stored in a 60.0 L canister at 255 K. What is the partial pressure of each compound? (Write answer in format X.XX atm, i.e. 4.25 atm)
P
H
2
2 g of O
2
, 6.3 g of N
2
and 4.1 g of He are mixed together in a sealed flask. What is the mole fraction of each component? (O
2
= 16.00 g/mol, N
2
= 14.00 g/mol, He = 4.00 g/mol).
A mixture of 4.6 moles of H
2
gas, 3.1 moles of N
2
gas and 2.6 moles of He are stored in a 60.0 L canister at 298 K. What is the partial pressure of each compound? (Write answer in format X.XX atm, i.e. 4.25 atm)
P
H
2
2 g of O
2
, 6.3 g of N
2
and 4.1 g of He are mixed together in a sealed flask. What is the mole fraction of each component? (O
2
= 32.00 g/mol, N
2
= 28.00 g/mol, He = 4.00 g/mol).
Ideal Gas Laws: Gas mixtures
2 gases were mixed together in a 5 L vessel at 243 K to create a total pressure of 9.3 atm. If gas 1 has 2 moles, what is the partial pressure of gas 2? (R = 0.08206 L*atm/mole*K)
Gas Laws: Partial pressure
A mixture of ideal gases containing 0
2
, F
2
and N
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the total pressure is 198 kPa at 298 K, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen? If the density of this mixture is 1.52 g/L, What is the average molar mass of this mixture?
Ideal Gas Law
A 8.0 L sample of Br
2
gas is collected over water at 298 K. If the total pressure of the sample is 168.0 kPa, how many moles of Br2 are present in this sample? The vapor pressure of water at 298 K is 3.17 kPa.
Ideal Gas Law: Partial Pressure
A mixture of 4.6 moles of H
2
gas, 3.1 moles of N
2
gas and 2.6 moles of He are stored in a 60.0 L canister at 255 K. What is the partial pressure of each compound?
P
H
2
Ideal Gas Law: Mole fraction
A 10.0 L sample of Br
2
gas is collected over water at 298 K. If the total pressure of the sample is 180.0 kPa, how many moles of Br
2
are present in this sample? The vapor pressure of water at 298 K is 3.17 kPa.
Ideal Gas Law: Density
A 16.0 L gas vessel contains 40.0 kPa of He, 15.0 kPa of Ne and 25.0 kPa of Kr. What is the density of this mixture?
Ideal Gas Law: Gas mixtures
A container holds a mixture of oxygen, neon, and helium gases. The partial pressures are 150 torr for oxygen, 300 torr for neon, and 450 torr for helium. What is the mole fraction for neon?
Ideal Gas Law: Gas mixtures
A mass of 0.4 g of hydrogen (H
2
) and 3.2 g of helium (He) are mixed in a rigid 500 mL container. What is the partial pressure of helium when the container is cooled to 77 K?
Gas mixtures: Partial Pressures
You are visiting Hawaii and decide to take your barometer with you. When sitting on the beach you notice that the barometer is reading roughly 1 atm. The next day you take your barometer up to the top of Mauna Kea (roughly 4200m above sea level). You notice that the barometer has dropped and the column of mercury is only 45.6 cm high. The density of mercury is 13.595 g cm
-3
and the force of gravity is 9.8 m s
-2
, what is the atmospheric pressure on top of Mauna Kea? Please report your answer in atm.
A mixture of noble gases contains 1.46 mols of Ne, 0.45 mols of Ar and 0.12 mols of Kr. What is the partial pressure of Kr if the total pressure of this mixture is 60.0 kPa?
A mixture of ideal gases containing O
2
, F
2
and N
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the total pressure is 188 kPa at 298 K, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen?
Gas Mixtures: Partial Pressures
Consider the reaction of sodium peroxide (Na
2
O
2
) to eliminate carbon dioxide (CO
2
) build-up in airtight spaces such as submarines, shown in this balanced chemical equation:
2
N
a
2
O
2
(
s
)
+
2
C
O
2
(
g
)
→
2
N
a
2
C
O
3
(
s
)
+
O
2
(
g
)
2Na_2O_2(s)+2CO_2(g)\to2Na_2CO_3(s)+O_2(g)
2
N
a
2
O
2
(
s
)
+
2
C
O
2
(
g
)
→
2
N
a
2
C
O
3
(
s
)
+
O
2
(
g
)
If an excess of Na
2
O
2
is added to a rigid flask filled with CO
2
, how will the total pressure before the reaction (P
initial
) compare to the total pressure after the reaction goes to completion (P
final
)?
Gas Laws: Mole Fractions and Partial Pressures
Consider a fixed-volume container filled with SO
2
(g). To the same container, a researcher now adds N
2
(g) gas. How will the mole fraction (
χ
S
O
2
\chi_{SO_2}
χ
S
O
2
) and the partial pressure of SO
2
(
P
S
O
2
P_{SO_2}
P
S
O
2
)be affected by the addition of this nitrogen gas?
Assume constant
temperature
.
Ideal Gas Law: Kinetic Molecular Theory
The natural gas delivered to homes in Calgary is normally a mixture of methane (CH
4
), ethane (C
2
H
6
), propane (C
3
H
8
) and carbon dioxide (CO
2
).
(a)
In the laboratory, a chemistry student has collected some Calgarian natural gas in a 2.00 L plastic bottle at 0.902 atm and 23°C. What is the
concentration
of gas in the bottle?
(b)
The bottle was weighed before and after filling with gas to determine the exact composition of gases. The student found that in the mixture the mole fraction of C
3
H
8
(g) was 0.10 and the mole fraction of CH
4
(g) was 0.90. What was the
total mass of the gas
in the bottle?
Ideal Gas Law: Mixtures of Gases
You have a rigid container filled with a mixture of three gases: nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide. Your task is to compare two different methods to remove all of the carbon dioxide from the container.
Method
A:
Adding a solid material which
adsorbs
CO
2
gas – this means that CO
2
molecules stick to this material so that all of the CO
2
will be removed when the solid is removed.
Method
B:
Adding an excess of solid sodium peroxide (Na
2
O
2
) to convert all of the CO
2
gas to oxygen gas.
Gas Laws: Partial pressure
Consider the reaction shown in this balanced chemical equation:
S
i
O
2
(
s
)
+
2
H
2
O
(
g
)
→
S
i
H
4
(
g
)
+
2
O
2
(
g
)
SiO_2(s)+2H_2O(g)→SiH_4(g)+2O_2 (g)
S
i
O
2
(
s
)
+
2
H
2
O
(
g
)
→
S
i
H
4
(
g
)
+
2
O
2
(
g
)
A rigid flask is filled with 0.20 mol SiO
2
(s) and 0.40 mol H
2
O (g). The initial partial pressure of H
2
O (g) is 1.0 atm. If the reaction goes to completion and the temperature stays constant, what is the final total pressure in the flask?
Gas Mixtures: Partial pressures
Consider the gas-phase reaction shown in this balanced chemical equation:
2
A
(
g
)
+
B
2
(
g
)
→
2
A
B
(
g
)
2A(g)+B_2(g)→2AB (g)
2
A
(
g
)
+
B
2
(
g
)
→
2
A
B
(
g
)
A rigid flask is filled with gases so that the initial partial pressure of A is 1.0 atm and the intial partial pressure of B is 0.50 atm. If the reaction goes to completion and the temperature stays constant, what is the final pressure in the flask?
Gas mixtures: Partial pressures
Consider the following two containers of gas that are at the same temperature. Which of the following statements comparing these two containers is
false
?
A 2.5 L flask containing 1.0 atm of gas A is connected to a 0.5 L flask containing 0.75 atm of gas B, after which the valve between the flasks is opened so that the gases can mix and react according to the following reaction equation.
A
+
3
B
→
A
B
3
A + 3B\rightarrow AB_3
A
+
3
B
→
A
B
3
If the theoretical yield is produced at constant temperature, the
total
pressure in the combined flasks should be....
Like Spring 2019 Exam 2
When 100 g of He and 100 g of Ne are placed in a container, the partial pressure of Ne is found to be 6 atm. What is the partial pressure of He?
Ideal Gas Law: Gas mixtures
When 100 g of Kr and 100 g of Xe are placed in a container, the partial pressure of Xe is found to be 4 atm. What is the partial pressure of Kr?
More Other Applications of the Ideal Gas Law Questions:
Ideal Gas Law: Gas mixtures
When 100 g of Kr and 100 g of Xe are placed in a container, the partial pressure of Xe is found to be 4 atm. What is the partial pressure of Kr?
Ideal Gas Law
If the following gases are used to fill balloons of a 1L volume at 1 atm and 298K, what is the correct ranking of the densities of the gases in the balloons.
C
H
4
\rm CH_4
C
H
4
,
C
2
H
6
\rm C_2H_6
C
2
H
6
,
C
4
H
10
\rm C_4H_{10}
C
4
H
10
,
X
e
\rm Xe
Xe
,
N
2
\rm N_2
N
2
,
O
2
\rm O_2
O
2
.
A 16.0 L gas vessel contains 40.0 kPa of He, 15.0 kPa of Ne and 25.0 kPa of Kr. What is the density of this mixture?
[Do NOT include units in your answers]
A mixture of gases containing 0
2
, N
2
and H
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the total pressure is 188 kPa at 298 K, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen? What is the average molar mass of this mixture? The density of the mixture is 1.52g/L.
Ideal Gas Law
A 0.483 g sample of gas occupies a volume of 0.530 L at 130 °C and 109 kPa.
a. What is the molar mass of this gas?
b. Whats the density of this gas at STP?
Partial Pressure
300 mL H
2
was collected over water at 21
⁰
C and 748 Torr. Vapour pressure of water at 21
⁰
C is 18.65 Torr.
a. How many moles of H
2
and water vapour were present in the moist gas mixture?
b. Calculate the mass of the gas after being dried.
Vapor Pressure
A sample of H
2
gas was collected over water. The temperature of the vessel was 273.15 K and the volume of the sample was 20.0 L. The vapour pressure of water at 300.0 K is 5.0atm and the total pressure of the sample was 15.5atm. What is the mass of the H
2
in this sample?
What is the density of a sample of O
2
with a pressure of 1255 kPa at 10 °C?
Ideal Gas Laws
1. A mixture of gases containing O
2
, N
2
and H
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the total pressure is 188 kPa at 298 K, what is the partial pressure of nitrogen? What is the average molar mass of this mixture? The density of the mixture is 1.52g/L.
Ideal Gas Laws
4. A 16.0 L gas vessel contains 40.0 kPa of He, 15.0 kPa of Ne and 25.0 kPa of Kr. What is the density of this mixture?
Ideal Gas Law
Calculate the density (in g/L) of HF gas at 35
o
C and 0.78 atm
Ideal Gas Law
Which of the following 5 gases has the lowest density at 50
o
C and 1.3 atm?
If the following gases are used to fill balloons of a 1L volume at 1 atm and 298K, what is the correct ranking of the densities of the gases in the balloons.
C
H
4
\rm CH_4
C
H
4
,
C
2
H
6
\rm C_2H_6
C
2
H
6
,
C
4
H
10
\rm C_4H_{10}
C
4
H
10
,
X
e
\rm Xe
Xe
,
N
2
\rm N_2
N
2
,
O
2
\rm O_2
O
2
.
Ideal Gas Law
7 moles of N
2
gas at 372 K was released into a 9 L balloon. If N
2
is a real gas, what is the pressure of the gas? (For N
2
,
a
= 0.0135 atm /L
2
, and
b
= 0.1937 L/mol, R = 0.08206 L*atm/mole*K).
Ideal Gas Law
0.238 g of a gas were placed in a 250 mL vessel. If the gas is heated to 85
o
C, the gas has a pressure of 7 atm. Which gas is in the vessel? (R = 0.08206 L*atm/mole*k)
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Ideal Gas Law: Density
A 16.0 L gas vessel contains 40.0 kPa of He, 15.0 kPa of Ne and 25.0 kPa of Kr. What is the density of this mixture?
Ideal Gas Law
Consider the following 5 gases. If an equal volume of each gas is placed into a separate balloon, which gas sample will have the greatest mass? Assume the balloons are all at the same temperature and pressure.
A 6.00 L flask is evacuated and weighed, 21.64g. The vessel is then filled with a gas at STP, after filling the vessel weighs 27.31g. What is the molecular weight of the gas?
Ideal Gas Law: Identify the Ideal Gas
A scientist has a series of tubes filled with different noble gases in her lab. She realizes one day that the labels have worn away and she can't remember which gas is which. She decides to determine the gasses identity using the ideal gas law. She finds that there is 4.314 g of gas and at room temperature (298 K) the pressure in the 2.75 L tube is 97.4 kPa. What is the identity of the gas?
What is the density of a sample of O
2
with a pressure of 1255 kPa at 10 °C?
Molar Mass
A mixture of 5.5 mols of Ar, 3.5 mols of O
2
and 1.0 mol of Xe is prepared. What is the density of this mixture if the total pressure is 2.0 atm at 25° C?
Ideal Gas Law
A student has two balloons held at ambient pressure and temperature (1 atm, 298 K), one is 3 L contains Helium, the other is 14 L and contains argon. The student transfers both gasses into a single balloon which is also held at ambient temperature and pressure. What is the density of the gas mixture in the final balloon?
A mixture of ideal gases containing O
2
, F
2
and N
2
contains 0.20 mols of N
2
in a 12 L sealed vessel. If the density of this mixture is 1.52 g/L at room temperature under 188 kPa, of pressure. What is the average molar mass of this mixture?
Stoichiometry and Ideal Gas Law Practice
The combustion of methanol (CH
3
OH) is shown below. If 16g of methanol is burned in oxygen, what volume of CO
2
is produced if the pressure is 101.3kPa, T=25C, and R=8.314kPaL/molK? Round to the nearest whole number.
CH
3
OH + O
2
--> CO
2
+ H
2
O
Is the equation balanced?
No
A piece of zinc is allowed to react with an excess quantity of sulfuric acid, and the hydrogen gas produced is collected in a gas burette by displacement of water. Neglecting the effect of the vapor pressure of water on the system, calculate how many milligram (mg) of zinc would generate 92.0 mL of the gas at a temperature of 25.0 °C and a pressure of 1.00 atm.
At 150.°C and 1.00 atm, 500. mL of a vapor has a mass of 0.4183 g. What is the molecular weight of the compound?
Ideal Gas Law: Molecular weight
At 150.°C and 1.00 atm, 500. mL of a vapor has a mass of 0.4183 g. What is the molecular weight of the compound?
Gas Laws: Practice
A student decides to do a more controlled version of the hydrogen balloon explosion. The
unbalanced
chemical equation for this reaction is shown below:
H
2
(
g
)
+
O
2
(
g
)
→
H
2
O
(
g
)
H_2(g)+O_2(g)→H_2O(g)
H
2
(
g
)
+
O
2
(
g
)
→
H
2
O
(
g
)
(a)
Write the
balanced
chemical equation for this reaction.
Ideal Gas Law
A student adds 0.165 g of an unknown gas to a 125 mL flask. If the student finds the pressure to be 0.987 atm at 20.0 °C, is the gas likely to be methane, CH
4
, nitrogen, N
2
, oxygen, O
2
, neon, Ne , or argon, Ar?
Practice Exam 2 (CHEM 2045 UF)
Consider two separate 1 L containers at 273 K, one filled with 2 g H
2
and one filled with 2 g of O
2.
Which of the following will be true?