Ideal Gas Law

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Sebastian Quintero Chemistry H, Per.5 J. Signorelli Ideal Gas Law – Expected Volume of a Gas The ideal gas law is the equation of state of a hypothetical ideal gas. It is a good approximation to the behavior of many gases under many conditions, although it has several limitations. The state of an amount of gas is determined by its pressure, volume, and temperature. The modern form of the equation relates these simply in two main forms. The temperature used in the equation of state is an absolute temperature: in the SI system of units, Kelvin’s; in the Imperial system, degrees Rankine. We used degrees Kelvin for this specific lab. The ideal gas law can be derived from first principles using the kinetic theory of gases, in which several simplifying assumptions are made, chief among which are that the molecules, or atoms, of the gas are point masses, possessing mass but no significant volume, and undergo only elastic collisions with each other and the sides of the container in which kinetic energy is conserved. The ideal gas law is obtained from the combination of the combined gas law and Avogadro’s law. This law neglects both molecular size and intermolecular attractions. This lab’s objective was to find the volume of hydrogen gas produced by the reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid. The Ideal Gas Law (PV=nRT) allows someone to find the pressure and volume of a reaction’s product. However, we were only looking for the volume produced; we already knew the pressure. This gas law is flexible; therefore, we modified the equation getting rid of the pressure by sending to divide in the other side of the equation (V=nRT). That formula was the base we had as to how to find the amount of hydrogen produced Hydrochloric acid, which gave out heat, magnesium chloride, and 39.6ml of hydrogen. One mole of an ideal gas at STP occupies 22.4 liters; however, as

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