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A sample of 88.0 g CO2 is held at 291 K in a 40.0 L container. What is the pressure this gas exerts on the container. Express your answer in kPa.

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Answer:- 121 kPa.

Solution:- mass, temperature and volume are given for carbon dioxide gas asked to calculate the pressure this gas exerts on the container.

It is based on ideal gas law equation, PV = nRT .

Where, P is the pressure in atm, V is the volume in Liters, n is the number of moles of the gas, R is the universal gas constant and it's value is
(0.0821atm.L)/(mol.K) and T is the kelvin temperature.

Given data:- mass = 88.0 g

T = 291 K

V = 40.0 L

P = ?

We need to convert the mass to moles and for this we divide the mass by molar mass. Molar mass of carbon dioxide gas is 44.01 gram per mol.


n=88.0g((1mol)/(44.01g))

n = 2.00 mol

The equation could be rearranged for pressure as:


P=(nRT)/(V)

Let's plug in the values and solve this for P.


P=(2.00mol*((0.0821atm.L)/(mol.K))*291K)/(40.0L)

P = 1.1946 atm

Since the answer is asked to report in kPa, let's convert atm to kPa.

1 atm = 101.325 kPa

So,
1.1946atm((101.325kPa)/(1atm))

= 121 kPa

So, the pressure this gas exerts on the container is 121 kPa.

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