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Chemistry
General Chemistry
Gases
Calculating Change Of Hydrogen Gas Volume At 0℃ & 1.25 atm

Nitrogen gas fills a 300. L reaction container at 100℃ and 1.00 atm.
Determine the volume of the same quantity of nitrogen at 0℃ and 1.25 atm.



We're dealing with a gas here, so let's apply the Ideal Gas Law

pV = nRT

Since we're not interested in the type of gas, i.e. moles,
we'll ignore both n and R and end up with

pV = nRT

Now, we can set up a ratio between
the initial and the final state of this gas

(pinitial)(Vinitial) / Tinitial
=
(pfinal)(Vfinal) / Tfinal

Kelvin

Let's convert our temperatures,
so the units fit

100 °C + 273.15 = 373.15 K

0 °C + 273.15 = 273.15 K

chemistry kicks anatomy

Let's plug in the info provided


(1 atm)(300. L) / 373.15 K
=
(1.25 atm)(L) / 273.15 K

Celcius

And now we solve for Vfinal

L =
(1 atm)(300. Linitial) (273.15 K) / (373.15 K)(1.25 atm)



Vfinal = 175.6827

The final volume of this nitrogen gas is 175.68 L
considering sig figs, it is 2.0 x 102 L