Question #71745

1 Answer
Jul 26, 2014

The molar mass of the gas is 39.9 g/mol.

Explanation:

There are two ways to solve this problem.

Method 1

Use the Ideal Gas Law to calculate the number of moles.

#PV = nRT#

#n = (PV)/(RT)#

#P = 714color(red)(cancel(color(black)("Torr"))) × "1 atm"/(760color(red)(cancel(color(black)("Torr")))) = "0.9395 atm"#

#V = "114 mL" = "0.114 L"#

#T = "(33+273.15) K" = "306.2 K"#

#n = (0.9395 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))) × 0.114color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))/("0.082 06"color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L·atm·K"^"-1""mol"^"-1"))) × 306.2color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K")))) = "0.004 263 mol"#

#"Molar mass" = "grams"/"moles" = "0.170 g"/"0.004 263 mol" = "39.9 g/mol"#

Method 2

Rearrange the Ideal Gas Law to do the calculation all in one step.

#PV = nRT = g/MRT#, where #g# is the mass and #M# is the molar mass.

#M = (gRT)/(PV) = (0.170"g" × "0.082 06"color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L·atm·K"^"-1")))"mol"^"-1" × 306.2color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K"))))/(0.9395color(red)(cancel(color(black)("atm"))) × 0.114color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L")))) = "39.9 g/mol"#