Question 5.4: Ideal Gas Law . 1.00 mole of CH4 gas occupies 20.0 L at 1.00...

Ideal Gas Law . 1.00 mole of CH_{4} gas occupies 20.0 L at 1.00 atm pressure. What is the temperature of the gas in kelvins?

Strategy : Solve the ideal gas law for T and plug in the given values:

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T=\frac{PV}{nR} =\frac{PV}{n} \times \frac {1}{R} =\frac{(1.00 \cancel{atm})(20.0\cancel{L} )}{1.00 \cancel{mol}} \times \frac{ \cancel{mol} . K}{0.0821 \cancel{L} . \cancel{atm}} =244 K

Note that we calculated the temperature for 1.00 mol of CH_{4} gas under these conditions. The answer would be the same for 1.00 mol of CO_{2} , N_{2} , NH_{3} , or any other gas under these conditions. Note also that we have shown the gas constant separately to make it clear what is happening with the units attached to all quantities. We are going to do this throughout.

 

 

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