Chapter 20: Gases Flashcards
What is the pressure of a gas?
The force per unit area that the gas exerts normally on a surface. Pressure is measured in pascals 1PA = 1Nm-1
What does Boyle’s Law state?
For a fixed mass of gas at a constant temperature,
pV = constant
where p is gas pressure and v is volume
What does Charles Law state?
For a fixed mass gas at constant pressure varies with absolute temperature,
V/T = constant
The graph is a straight line going through the origin.
What does the pressure Law state?
The pressure of a fixed mass of gas at constant volume can be measured at different temperatures.
P/T = constant
If the measurements are plotted, on a graph of pressure against temperature in kelvin s they give a straight line graph through the origin.
What is Brownian motion?
The unpredictable motion of particles suspended in a medium as a result of continuous bombardment by their surroundings.
What is avogadro constant?
Avogradros constant NA The number of atoms in exactly 12g of the carbon isotope 12C6. The value of NA is 6.023 x 10^23
What is one atomic mass unit?
1/12th of the mass of a 12C^ atom. The mass of a carbon atom is 1.993x10-26 so 1u = 1.661 x 10^-27
What is one mole
The quantity of substance that contains NA particles, the number of moles in a give quantity of the substance is its molarity. The unit of molarity is the mol
What is molar mass?
The mass of 1 mol of the substance, the unit of molar mass is kg mol-1. For example, the molar mass of oxygen gas is 0.032kgmol^-1
Number of moles in a substance Ms/M where M is the molar mass
The number of molecules in mass Ms of a substance NAMs/M
What is the ideal gas and its equation?
An ideal gas is a gas that obeys Boyle’s law perfectly The three laws can be combined to give pV/T = constant for a fixed mass of ideal gas
pV = nRT
What is a molar gas constant?
Molar gas constant R = For q mol of any ideal gas, the value of PV/T is equal to 8.31 Jmol-1K-1
What is the equation to calculate number of moles?
Ms - mass
M - molar mass
n = number of moles
Ms = M x n
n also = PV/RT
How to calculate mass of a ideal gas?
Ms = M x pV/RT
How to calculate density of an ideal gas of molar M
p = Ms/V
or NM/V
or pM/RT
What is Boltzmann constant?
Boltzmann constant k = R/NA, and N is the number of molecules. It relates the average kinetic energy of a particle in a gas with the temperature of the gas.