Gay lussac practice worksheet
Gay-Lussac's Law
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Problem #1: A 30.0 L sample of nitrogen inside a rigid, metal container at 20.0 °C is placed inside an oven whose temperature is 50.0 °C. The pressure inside the container at 20.0 °C was at 3.00 atm. What is the pressure of the nitrogen after its temperature is increased to 50.0 °C?
Solution:
P1 P2 ––– = ––– T1 T2
3.00 x ––– = ––– 293 323 Solution technique: cross-multiply and divide.
x = 3.31 atm (to three sig figs)
Note: you will observe set ups (especially in gas laws) that simply omit all the units in the answer. If you undertake that on a homework problem or test, you may get a deduction. It's not laziness on the part of the person writing the answer, it's simply assuming the reader knows what the units are and how they cancel out to leave the final unit.
Many times, you (as the student) are not allowed that luxury.
Problem #2: Determine the pressure change when a constant volume of gas at 1.00 atm is heated
Gay-Lussac's Law Worksheet: Exercise Problems
Gay-Lussac's Law
Gay-Lussac's Law, also recognizable as the pressure-temperature regulation, is one of the gas laws discovered by the French chemist Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac in 1802. This law describes the relationship between the pressure and temperature of a gas at constant volume. The law can be stated as:
Pf / Tf = Pi / Ti
Where Pf and Tf are the final pressure and temperature of the gas, and Pi and Ti are the initial pressure and temperature of the gas, respectively.
Explanation of Gay-Lussac's Law
Gay-Lussac's Law states that the pressure of a given amount of gas held at constant volume is directly proportional to the Kelvintemperature. This means that as the temperature of a gas increases, so does its pressure, and vice versa. Mathematically, this can be expressed as P / T = k, where P is the pressure, T is the temperature in Kelvin, and k is a constant.
Application of Gay-Lussac's Law
This law is particularly important in understanding the behavior of gases in various real-world scenarios. For instance, it helps in predicting how changes in temperature will affect the pressure of a gas in a sealed container, such as a gas cylinder or a balloon. It also forms th