Question

A tank at is filled with of dinitrogen monoxide gas and of boron trifluoride gas. You can assume both gases behave as ideal gases under these conditions. Calculate the mole fraction and partial pressure of each gas, and the total pressure in the tank. Round each of your answers to significant digits.

Answer 1

(1). Mole fraction = 0.152 for sulfur tetrafluoride gas.

Mole fraction = 0.848 For dinitrogen monoxide gas.

(2). Partial Pressure for dinitrogen monoxide gas = 187 kPa

Partial Pressure for sulfur tetrafluoride gas = 33.4 kpa.

(3). Total Partial Pressure = 220.4 kpa.

Step-by-step explanation:

So, we are given the following data or parameters or information in the question above;

• Volume of the tank = 5.00L per tank;

• Temperature of the tank = 7.03°C;

• The mass of the content in the tank =

17.7g of dinitrogen monoxide gas and

7.77g of sulfur tetrafluoride gas.

So, we will be making use of the formulae below to calculate the MOLE FRACTION:

Moles, n= mass/molar mass and mole fraction = n(1)/ n(1) + n(2) per each constituents.

Moles, n1 = 17.7g of dinitrogen monoxide gas/ 44 grams per mole. =0.4023 moles.

Moles, n2 = 7.77g of sulfur tetrafluoride gas/ 108.1 grams per mole. = 0.07188 moles.

Total numbers of moles = n1 + n2 = 0.47415 moles

Mole fraction =0.4023 / 0.47415 = 0.848 of dinitrogen monoxide gas.

Mole fraction = 0.07188/0.47415 = 0.152 of sulfur tetrafluoride gas.

PART TWO: CALCULATE THE PARTIAL PRESSURE AND TOTAL PRESSURE BY USING THE FORMULA BELOW;

pressure × volume = number of moles × gas constant, R × temperature.

Pressure = n × R × T/ V.

For dinitrogen monoxide gas. ;

Partial Pressure = 0.4023 × 8.314 × 280.03 / 5 × 10^-3 = 187 kPa.

For sulfur tetrafluoride gas

Partial Pressure = 0.07188 × 8.314 ( × 280.03 / 5 × 10^-3. = 33.4 kpa.

(3). Total pressure = (187 + 33.4)kpa = 220.4 kpa