Intro to Gases and Gas Laws

Gas Laws

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Multiple Choice

What is the formula for Boyle's Law?

• P₁V₁=P₂V₂
• P₁V₁/P₂V₂
• P₁V₂=P₂V₁
• P₁/V₁=P₂/V₂

Multiple Choice

A gas at a volume of 4 liters is at a pressure of 2 atm. The volume is changed to 16 Liters, what must the new pressure be?

• 2 atm
• 12 atm
• 10 atm
• 0.5 atm

Multiple Choice

A gas occupies 4.98 L at 2.6 atm of pressure. What volume does it occupy at 1.8 atm pressure?

• 12.9 L
• 0.72 L
• 7.2 L
• 3.44 L

Multiple Choice

What is the new volume of the gas if the pressure on 350 L of oxygen at 720 mm Hg is decreased to 600 mm Hg?

• 420 L
• 29.16 L
• 4200.0 L
• 291.6 L

Multiple Choice

What is the formula Charles' Law?

• V = T
• VT = VT
• T₁ / V_{1 =} T₂ / V₂
• V₁ / T₁ = V₂ / T₂

Multiple Choice

(Charles Law) There are 40 liters of helium in a balloon at 100 K. If the temperature of the balloon is increased to 200 K, what will the new volume of the balloon be?

• 80 L

• 45 L

• 54 L

• 45.33 L

Multiple Choice

(Charles Law) There are 65 liters of helium in a balloon at 35 K. If the temperature of the balloon is increased to 40 K, what will the new volume of the balloon be?

• 40 L

• 70 L

• 74.3 L

• 75.9 L

Multiple Choice

The gas in the container is at a pressure of 3.00 atm at 298 K.  What would be the pressure in the container at 325 K?

• P1/T1 = P2/T2
• P1V1 = P2V2
• V1/T1 = V2/T2
• PV = nRT

Multiple Choice

A gas is at a pressure of 12 atm, a volume of 23 L, and a temperature of 200K. If the pressure is raised to 14 atm,  and the temperature is increased to 300K. What is the new volume of the gas?

• P1V1/T1 + P2V2/T2
• PV = nRT
• P1V1 = P2V2
• P1/T1 = P2/T2

Multiple Choice

A sample of gas with a volume of 30.0 mL at 25.0^oC is heated to 50.0^oC.  What is the new volume of the gas?

• P1V1 = P2V2
• P1/T1 + P2/T2
• PV = nRT
• V1/T1 = V2/T2

Multiple Choice

I’ve got a car with an internal volume of 12,000 L. If I drive my car into the river and it implodes, what will be the volume of the gas when the pressure goes from 1.0 atm to 1.4 atm?

• 8571.43 L

• 3210.26 L

• 8669.0 atm

• 3905.33 atm

Multiple Choice

If I have 5.6 liters of gas in a piston at a pressure of 1.5 atm and compress the gas until its volume is 4.8 L, what will the new pressure inside the piston be?

• 1.8 atm

• 3.27 atm

• 1.8 L

• 3.27 atm

Multiple Choice

If I initially have 4.0 L of a gas at a pressure of 1.1 atm, what will the volume be if I increase the pressure to 3.4 atm?

• 1.29 L

• 12.36 L

• 1.29 atm

• 12.36 atm