Homework Check (Combined Gas Law)
1. If I initially have a gas at a pressure of 12 atm, a volume of 23 L, and a
temperature of 200 K, and then I raise the pressure to 14 atm and increase
the temperature to 300 K, what is the new volume of the gas?
2. A gas takes up a volume of 17 L, has a pressure of 2.3 atm, and a
temperature of 299 K. If I raise the temperature to 350 K and lower the
pressure to 1.5 atm, what is the new volume of the gas?
3. A gas that has a volume of 28 L, a temperature of 45 ⁰C, and an unknown
pressure has its volume increased to 34 L and its temperature decreased to
35 ⁰C. If I measure the pressure after the change to be 2.0 atm, what was
the original pressure of the gas?
The Ideal Gas Law
PV = nRT
“Ideal” Gases
1. Ideal gas particles take up no space.
2. Ideal gas molecules do not attract each other, and do not get
attracted or repelled by the walls of the containers.
3. Ideal gas particles move constantly in straight lines until they
collide with each other or with the walls of the container.
4. The collisions are perfectly elastic; the kinetic energy of the
system does not change.
Avogadro’s Principle
𝑉1
𝑛1
=
𝑉2
(n = mole)
𝑛2
 Volume is directly proportional to the number of gas molecules
at the same T and P
 Remember 1 mole of a gas at STP (0 ⁰C, 1 atm) takes up 22.4 L
The Ideal Gas Law
(R = 0.0821 atm∙L/mol∙K)
(1atm∙22.4L/1mol∙273K = 0.0821)
Examples
1. If I have 4 moles of a gas at a pressure of 5.6 atm and a volume
of 12 L, what is the temperature in K?
2. If I have a gas at a pressure of 1.2 atm, a volume of 31 L, and a
temperature of 87 ⁰C, how many moles of gas do I have?
Practice! (on a separate piece of paper)
1. If I contain 3 moles of gas in a container with a volume of 60 L
at a temperature of 400 K, what is the pressure inside the
container?
2. If I have 7.7 moles of gas at a pressure of 0.09 atm and a
temperature of 56 ⁰C, what is the volume of the container
that the gas is in?
3. If I have 17 moles of gas at a temperature of 67 ⁰C, and a
volume of 88.89 L, what is the pressure of the gas?