What is the pressure of 0.540 mol of an ideal gas at 35.5 L and 223 K?
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Explanation:
All you have to do here is use the ideal gas law equation, which looks like this
#color(blue)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)PV = nRTcolor(white)(a/a)|)))" "# , where
Before plugging in your values, make sure that the units you have for volume and temperature match those used in the expression of the universal gas constant.
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#color(white)(aaaaa)color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)/color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaa)#
#color(white)(aaaaaaacolor(black)("Liters, L")aaaaaaaaacolor(black)("Liters, L")aaaacolor(green)(sqrt())#
#color(white)(aaaaaaacolor(black)("Kelvin, K")aaaaaaaacolor(black)("Kelvin, K")aaaacolor(green)(sqrt())#
Since you already know the number of moles of gas present in your sample, you can proceed to solve the ideal gas law equation for
#color(purple)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)color(black)(PV = nRT implies P = (nRT)/V)color(white)(a/a)|)))#
Plug in your values to get
#P = (0.540color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles"))) * 0.0821("atm" * color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol"))) * color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K")))) * 223color(red)(cancel(color(black)("K"))))/(35.5color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))#
#P = color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)"0.278 atm"color(white)(a/a)|))) -># rounded to three sig figs