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This document outlines Homework #1 for Chapters 1, 2, and 3, due on April 24th, 2023. It includes ten problems related to gas laws, thermodynamics, and calculations involving various gases and their properties. Each problem requires specific calculations regarding pressure, volume, work, and changes in energy for different scenarios.

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2023 Physical Chemistry_#1 Homework_Questions (1)

This document outlines Homework #1 for Chapters 1, 2, and 3, due on April 24th, 2023. It includes ten problems related to gas laws, thermodynamics, and calculations involving various gases and their properties. Each problem requires specific calculations regarding pressure, volume, work, and changes in energy for different scenarios.

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Homework #1 (Chapter 1, 2, 3)

Due date : April 24th, 2023

1. (a) Could 25 g of argon gas in a vessel of volume 1.5 dm3 exert a pressure of 2.0 bar at 30°C if it
behaved as a perfect gas? If not, what pressure would it exert? (b) What pressure would it exert if
it behaved as a van der Waals gas?

2. Given that the density of air at 0.987 bar and 27°C is 1.146 kg m-3, calculate the mole fraction and
partial pressure of nitrogen and oxygen assuming that (a) air consists only of these two gases, (b)
air also contains 1.0 mole percent Ar.

3. A gas at 250 K and 15 atm has a molar volume 12 percent smaller than that calculated from the
perfect gas law. Calculate (a) the compression factor under these conditions and (b) the molar
volume of the gas. Which are dominating in the sample, the attractive or the repulsive forces?

4. A sample of 4.50 g of methane occupies 12.7 dm3 at 310 K. (a) Calculate the work done when the
gas expands isothermally against a constant external pressure of 200 Torr until its volume has
increased by 3.3dm3. (b) Calculate the work that would be done if the same expansion occurred
reversibly.

5. A sample of 4.0 mol O2(g) is originally confined in 20 dm3 at 270 K and then undergoes adiabatic
expansion against a constant pressure of 600 Torr until the volume has increased by a factor of
3.0. Calculate q, w, ∆T, ∆U, and ∆H. (The final pressure of the gas is not necessarily 600 Torr.)

6. A certain liquid has ∆𝑣𝑎𝑝 𝐻⊖ =26.0 kJ mol-1. Calculate q, w, ∆H, and ∆U when 0.50 mol is
vaporized at 250 K and 750 Torr.

7. Given the reactions (1) and (2) below, determine (a) ∆𝑟 𝐻⊖ and ∆𝑟 U⊖ for reaction (3), (b) ∆𝑓 𝐻⊖ for
both HI(g) and H2O(g) all at 298 K.

(1) H2(g) + I2(s) → 2 HI(g) ∆𝑟 𝐻⊖ = +52.96 kJ mol-1


(2) 2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(g) ∆𝑟 𝐻⊖=-483.64 kJ mol-1
(3) 4 HI(g) + O2(g) → 2 I2(s) + 2 H2O(g)

8. A sample consisting of 3.00 mol of diatomic perfect gas molecules at 200 is compressed
reversibly and adiabatically until its temperature reaches 250 K. Given that CV,m = 27.5 J K-1 mol-1,
calculate q, w, ∆U, ∆H, and ∆S.

9. Consider a system consisting of 1.5 mol CO2(g), initially at 15°C and 9.0 atm and confined to a
cylinder of cross-section 100.0 cm2. The sample is allowed to expand adiabatically against an
external pressure of 1.5 atm until the piston has moved outwards through 15 cm. Assume that
carbon dioxide may be considered a perfect gas with CV,m = 28.8 J K-1 mol-1, and calculate (a) q,
(b) w, (c) ∆U, (d) ∆T, (e) ∆S.

10. Calculate the change in the molar Gibbs energy of hydrogen gas when its pressure is increased
isothermally from 1.0 atm to 100.0 atm at 298 K.

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