A single patient hyperbaric chamber has a volume of 640 L at a temperature of 24°C. How many grams of oxygen are needed to give a pressure of 1.6 atm?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T15:53:06

Approx. #1300*g......#

From the Ideal Gas Equation.........

#n=(PV)/(RT)=(1.6*cancel(atm)xx640*cancelL)/(0.0821*cancel(cancelL*atm)/(cancelK*mol)xx297*cancelK)=42.0*mol#

Which represents a mass of #42.0*molxx32.0*g*mol^-1=??g#.

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