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What is the final pressure exerted by the gas?1. 0.2. 3.3.......
A(n) 0.65 mole quantity of O2 originally at 85◦C is cooled such that it now occupies 4.0 L at 20◦C. What is the final pressure exerted by the gas?
1. 0.92 atm
2. 3.9 atm
3. 1.1 atm
4. 0.27 atm
5. 6.2 atm
6. Not enough information is given

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Using the ideal gas law: PV=nRT

P= pressure in atm (unknown)
V= volume in liters (4.0 L)
n = # of moles of O2 (0.65 mol)
R= ideal gas constant (0.08206 L*atm / mol*K)
T= Temperature in KELVIN ( They give you 20 C, but that equals 293 K)

P(4.0)= (0.65)(0.08206)(293)

P= 3.907 RT 3.9 atm

So the correct answer is 2.

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Use ideal gas law: PV = NRT

(They do the whole changing temperature in order to confuse you into thinking it is a different type of problem. This is just an ideal gas law problem)

You are given everything except P, so plug in what you know and solve. They gave you 2 temperatures, and each will result in one of those answers, pick the correct one.

Hints:
Double check units to make sure they work. With wrong units, I bet the result is still one of the options.
R = 0.0821 L-atm / mol-K

Answer:

T = 20C + 273 = 293 K

P (4 L) = (0.65 mol) * (0.0821 L-atm/mol-K) * (293 K)

(4 L) * P = 15.6395 L-atm

P = 3.9 atm
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