Homework Help: homework college chem.

Posted by danielle on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 12:58am.

a sample of gas occupies a volume at 73. 1 mL. As it expands, it does 135.0 J of work on its surroundings at a constant pressure of 783 torr. what is the final volume of gas?

homework college chem. - Chelsea N, Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 11:58am
w= -PΔV

-135.0 J = -783 torr × (Vfinal - 73.1 mL)

-1350 J × (1L atm)/(101.32 J) = -783 torr × (1atm/760 torr) × (Vfinal -73.1 ml × 1L/1000 mL)

Vfinal= (-1350 J × (1 L atm)/(101.32 J))/(-783 torr × (1 atm)/(760 torr)) + 73.1 mL × (1L/1000 mL) = 1.36 L

Vfinal = 1.36 × (1000mL/1L) = 1360 mL

Answer this Question

Related Questions

Science: Chemistry - A sample of a gas at 0.73 atm occupies a volume of 245 mL. ...
Chem - A sample of gas of mass 2.929 g occupies a volume of 426 mL at 0degree ...
General Chemistry I - A sample of gas occupies a volume of 59.9 mL. As it ...
chemistry - A sample of argon gas occupies a volume of 950 mL at 25.0°C. ...
chemistry - A sample of gas occupies 17 mL at -112C. What volume does the sample...
physics - An ideal gas with r(Gama) = 1.5 occupies a volume of 2.0 L. The gas ...
physics - An ideal gas with r(Gama) = 1.5 occupies a volume of 2.0 L. The gas ...
physics - An ideal gas with r(Gama) = 1.5 occupies a volume of 2.0 L. The gas ...
chemistry - If 0.385 g of gas occupies a volume of 200 mL at -73 oC and 750 torr...
chemistry - A sample of argon gas occupies a volume of 950 mL at 25.0C. What ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: