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SECTION 9-4<br />

Classroom Practice<br />

The following may be used<br />

as teamwork exercises or for<br />

demonstration at the chalkboard<br />

or on an overhead projector.<br />

PROBLEM<br />

The ideal gas law<br />

A sealed tank <strong>with</strong> a volume of<br />

0.10 m 3 contains air at 27°C<br />

under pressure 1.8 × 10 4 Pa. The<br />

valve can <strong>with</strong>stand pressures up<br />

to 5.0 × 10 4 Pa. Will the valve<br />

hold if the air inside the tank is<br />

heated to 227°C?<br />

Answer<br />

Yes, the pressure will go up<br />

only to 3.0 × 10 4 Pa.<br />

The volume of a weather balloon<br />

is 8.0 m 3 at 3.0 × 10 2 K under<br />

atmospheric pressure. The balloon<br />

rises to an altitude where<br />

the temperature is 2.0 × 10 2 K<br />

and the pressure is ⎯ 1<br />

2 ⎯ of atmospheric<br />

pressure. What is its new<br />

volume?<br />

Answer<br />

11 m 3<br />

340<br />

340<br />

SAMPLE PROBLEM 9E<br />

PROBLEM<br />

SOLUTION<br />

1. DEFINE<br />

2. PLAN<br />

3. CALCULATE<br />

4. EVALUATE<br />

Chapter 9<br />

The ideal gas law<br />

Given: V 1 = 15 L P 1 = 2.0 atm T 1 = 310 K<br />

V 2 = 12 L P 2 = 3.5 atm<br />

Unknown: T 2 = ?<br />

This section, however, considers confined gases whose pressure, volume,<br />

and temperature may change. For example, when a force is applied to a piston,<br />

the gas inside the cylinder below the piston is compressed. Even though an<br />

ideal gas behaves like an ideal fluid in many situations, it cannot be treated as<br />

incompressible when confined to a container.<br />

Pure helium gas is contained in a leakproof cylinder containing a movable<br />

piston, as shown in Figure 9-17. The initial volume, pressure, and<br />

temperature of the gas are 15 L, 2.0 atm, and 310 K, respectively. If the gas<br />

is rapidly compressed to 12 L and the pressure increases to 3.5 atm, find<br />

the final temperature of the gas.<br />

Choose an equation(s) or situation: Because the gas undergoes a change and<br />

no gas particles are lost, the form of the ideal gas law relating the initial and<br />

final states should be used.<br />

P<br />

⎯<br />

1V1<br />

⎯ = ⎯<br />

T1<br />

P2V2<br />

⎯<br />

T2<br />

Rearrange the equation(s) to isolate the unknown(s):<br />

T2P1V1 = T1P2V2 T2 = T1⎯P 2V2<br />

⎯ P1V1<br />

Substitute the values into the equation(s) and solve:<br />

⎯<br />

T2 = (310 K)⎯( 3.<br />

5 atm)<br />

( 12<br />

L)<br />

( 2.<br />

0 atm)<br />

( 15<br />

L)<br />

T 2 = 4.3 × 10 2 K<br />

Because the gas was compressed and the pressure increased, the gas temperature<br />

should have increased.<br />

430 K > 310 K<br />

Gas<br />

Figure 9-17<br />

CALCULATOR SOLUTION<br />

Your calculator should give the<br />

answer as 434. However, because<br />

the values in the problem are known<br />

to only two significant figures, the<br />

answer should be rounded to 430<br />

and expressed in scientific notation.<br />

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