TOPIC: GAS LAWS

 Boyle’s Law: (Pressure-Volume Relationship)

- “The volume of a fixed mass of gas varies inversely with the pressure at constant temp.”

P1V1 = P2V2
Sample Problems:
1. What will be the pressure of 1.0L gas @ 1.00 atm which is allowed to expand @ constant temperature to 5.0L?
2. A sample of oxygen gas collected in the laboratory occupies a volume of 150mL when its pressure is 720mmHg. What
volume will the gas occupy @ a pressure of 750mmHg if the temperature remains constant?
SOLUTION:
1. Given:
V1- 1.0 L V2- 5.0 L P2= P1V1
P1- 1.0 atm P2- ? V2
= (1.0 atm)(1.0L) = 0.20atm
5.0L
2. Given:
V1- 150mL V2- ? V2= P1V1
P1- 720mmHg P2- 750mmHg P2
= (720mmHg)(150mL) =
750mmHg 144.00mL

 Charle’s Law: (Temperature-Volume Relationship)

- “The volume of a fixed mass of gas varies directly with the K temperature @ constant Pressure”

V1 V2 =
T1 T2
Sample Problems:
1. A sample of a neon gas occupies a volume of 752mL @ 25◦C. What volume will the gas occupy @ 50◦C if the pressure
remains constant?
2. A 5.00L of gas is collected at 100K and then allowed to expand to 20.0L. What must the new temperature be in order to
maintain the same pressure?
SOLUTION:
1. Given:
V1- 752mL V 2- ? V2= V1T2
T1- 25◦C+ 273=298K T2- 50◦C+ 273=323K T1

= (752mL)(323K) = 815.09mL
298K
2. Given:
V1- 5.00L V2- 20.0L T2= T1V2
T1- 100K T2- ? V1

T2= (100K)(20.0L) = 400.00K

5.00L

 Gay-Lussac’s Law: (Temperature-Pressure Relationship)

- “The pressure of a fixed mass of gas varies directly with the K temperature @ constant volume”

V1 V=
2
T1 T2

Sample Problem:
1. Before a trip from New York to Boston, the pressure in an automobile tire is 1.8 atm @ 20◦C. At the end of the trip, the
pressure gauge reads 1.9 atm. What is the new Celsius temperature of the air inside the tire?

SOLUTION:
1. Given:
 P1- 1.8 atm P2- 1.9 atm T2= T1P2
T1- 20◦C + 273= 293K T2- ? P1

= (293K)(1.9atm) = (309-273) = 36.00◦C

1.8 atm

THE COMBINED GAS LAW

- “Expresses the relationship between pressure, volume, temperature of a gas when the amount of gas is fixed.”
P1V1
= P2V2
T1 T2

Sample Problems:
1. A helium filled balloon has a volume of 50.0L @ 25◦C and 820mmHg. What volume will it occupy @ 650mmHg and 10◦C?
2. 500mL of a gas was collected at 20◦C and 720mmHg. What is its volume at STP?

SOLUTIONS:
1. Given:
V1- 50.0L V 2- ?
T1- 25◦C + 273= 298K T2- 10◦C + 273= 283K
P1- 820mmHg P2- 650mmHg

V2= P1V1T2
P2T1
V2= (820mmHg)(50.0L)(283K) V 2=
(650mmHg)(298K) 59.90L
2. Given:
V1- 500mL V2- ?
T1- 20◦C + 273= 293K T2- 0◦C + 273= 273K
P1- 720mmHg P2- 760mmHg

V2= P1V1T2
P2T1

V2= (720mmHg)(500mL)(273K) V 2= 441.35mL

(760mmHg)(293K)

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NOTE:
 Standard pressure = 1 atm
1 atm = 760 mmHg (millimeter of mercury)
= 760 torr (Torricelli)
= 1.01325x105 Pa (Pascal)
= 101.325 kPa (Kilo Pascal)

 Standard temp. = (0◦C) 273 K

ACTIVITY No. 7 GAS LAWS

Instruction: Answer the following problems independently. Show complete solution and BOX the final answer.

1. A gas occupies 11.2L @ 0.860atm. What is the pressure if the volume becomes 15.0L?

2. CO2 is usually formed when gasoline is burned. If 30.0L of CO 2 is produced at a temperature of 1.00x103◦C and allowed to
reach room temperature (25◦C) without any pressure changes, what is the volume of CO2?

3. A gas has a pressure of 699.0mmHg at 40.0◦C. What is the temperature at standard pressure?

4. A sample of a gas occupies 50.0L at 15◦C and 640.0 mmHg pressure. What is the volume at STP?
 5. A 600.0mL sample of nitrogen is warmed from 77.0◦C to 86.0◦C. Find the new volume if the pressure remains constant.

6. Calculate the final pressure inside a scuba tank after it cools from 1.00x10 3◦C to 25.0◦C. The initial pressure in the tank is
130.0atm.

7. A gas occupies 4.31L @ a pressure of 8.00atm. What is the volume of the gas at 2.00atm?

8. 73.0mL of nitrogen at STP is heated to 80.0◦C and the volume increase to 4.53L. What is the new pressure?

9. At conditions of 785.0torr of pressure and 15.0◦C temperature a gas occupies a volume of 45.5mL. What will be the volume
of the same gas @ 745.0torr and 30.0◦C?

10. A gas sample occupies 3.25L @ 24.5◦C and 1825 mmHg. Determine the temperature at which the gas will occupy 4250mL
@ 1.50atm.

11. Calculate the decrease in temperature when 2.00L @ 20.0◦C is increased to 1.00L.

12. Determine the pressure change when a constant volume of gas @ 1.00atm is heated from 20.0◦C to 30.0◦C.

13. What is the volume @ STP of 720.0mL of a gas collected at 20.0◦C and 3.00atm pressure?

14. If a gas in a closed container is pressurized from 15.0atm to 16.0atm and its original temperature was 25.0◦C. What would the
final temperature of the gas be?

15. A gas has a pressure of 699.0mmHg @ 40.0◦C. What is the temperature @ STP?
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GENTLE REMINDERS:
 Write your answers in another sheet of bond paper (long).
 Show complete solution.
 Answers should be handwritten.
 Always box the final answer. (round off to 2 decimal places)